ms access & ado.net

[simo sentissi]

Hello

I have been developping datadriven applications for a while now. I used sql
server and msde.
but I am on the hunt for an integrated database for a web application I want
to write: what I mean is I want to have a file based DB engine (if possible)
and include the file in a directory of the web app and access it. I just do
not want to deal with the install of a service when redistibuting the app.
I am considering ms access but I want to know if I could have multiple
connections to it via ado.net since the web app will have multiple users
hiting it. I guess that my first question.
the other one is :
Does any body know of an file integrated DB engine ? I am looking at
vistaDB and deseperatley looking for some xml based ones ?

 

[Miha Markic]

Hi simo

The commercial one:
http://www.turbodb.de/en/turbodb/dotnet.html
there is also mySql - i believe that they have an embedded version
http://www.mysql.com/
Plus, there is Firebird (sourceforge son of Interbase) - FREE
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
The .net provider guy will/has been working on .net provider for embedded
version.