.NET Window Forms local database

Question

I just started writing a Windows Forms Application and I\'d like to store data in a Database but not in an actual DB Server.. something like SQLite (local, server independent).

Answer 1

Consider Sql Server Compact edition, you can find instruction how to add it to your project here. Below sample code to retrieve data from the table MyTable containing column Id in database file MyDb.sdf, you also need to add System.Data.SqlServerCe assembly reference and namespace System.Data.SqlServerCe

using (SqlCeConnection ceConn = new SqlCeConnection(@"Data Source=|DataDirectory|\MyDb.sdf"))
using (SqlCeCommand ceCmd = new SqlCeCommand("select Id from MyTable", ceConn))
{
    ceConn.Open();
    SqlCeDataReader dataR = ceCmd.ExecuteReader();
    while (dataR.Read())
    {
        Console.WriteLine(dataR["Id"].ToString());
    }
}