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  • R Rocky Moore

    Harvey Saayman wrote:

    I want it to be portable but I have no idea which portable database

    Confused here.. You will be building it in C# under DotNet 3.5, so by portalbe you mean still in the Windows world, or are you trying to look down the road to Mono?

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    Shog9 0
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    I took it as "portable" in the sense of "can be moved to another machine / given to another user without a lot of work". Something like XML or SQLite fit those needs pretty well; an Access database or some flavors of SQL Server might work, provided you're willing to impose the cost of installing the supporting libraries. A server-based database OTOH, would be rather painful, as you'd need to configure the connection in addition to installing the server binaries.

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    You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.

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      If you want portable, go with SQLite. Regards, --Perspx

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      Rocky Moore
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      Is there a decent wrapper for multithreaded C#/.NET 3.5 apps for SQLite? I did a search and saw a number of different projects around the net, but is there one you have used that is stable and no headaches?

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      • H Harvey Saayman

        Hey guys I'm working on a little personal project, a code snippet manager. I want it to be portable but I have no idea which portable database to use. I'm writing it in C# under DotNet 3.5 Any suggestions?

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        MrPlankton
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        If your record count is < 5k record then store data as u$ compliant xml that can be read by u$ dataset reader (db's <5k are table scan anyway). > 5k sql lite. But if your db is internet acessable then use u$ sql server and expose your data using web services. Good Luck

        MrPlankton (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go." (good guy)"Which is where?" (bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world." Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

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          I took it as "portable" in the sense of "can be moved to another machine / given to another user without a lot of work". Something like XML or SQLite fit those needs pretty well; an Access database or some flavors of SQL Server might work, provided you're willing to impose the cost of installing the supporting libraries. A server-based database OTOH, would be rather painful, as you'd need to configure the connection in addition to installing the server binaries.

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          You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.

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          Nemanja Trifunovic
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          Shog9 wrote:

          "portable" in the sense of "can be moved to another machine / given to another user without a lot of work"

          That would be a very strange use of the term "portable". It usually means able to port to another compler/OS/hardware.

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          • R Rocky Moore

            Harvey Saayman wrote:

            I want it to be portable but I have no idea which portable database

            Confused here.. You will be building it in C# under DotNet 3.5, so by portalbe you mean still in the Windows world, or are you trying to look down the road to Mono?

            Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: Texas Deputy Sheriff vs New York Lawyer! Thinking about Silverlight? www.SilverlightCity.com

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            Nemanja Trifunovic
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            Rocky Moore wrote:

            Confused here..

            Me too, unless he means Mono.

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            • M MrPlankton

              If your record count is < 5k record then store data as u$ compliant xml that can be read by u$ dataset reader (db's <5k are table scan anyway). > 5k sql lite. But if your db is internet acessable then use u$ sql server and expose your data using web services. Good Luck

              MrPlankton (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go." (good guy)"Which is where?" (bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world." Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

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              l a u r e n
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              what does "u$" mean?

              "mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"

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                If your record count is < 5k record then store data as u$ compliant xml that can be read by u$ dataset reader (db's <5k are table scan anyway). > 5k sql lite. But if your db is internet acessable then use u$ sql server and expose your data using web services. Good Luck

                MrPlankton (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go." (good guy)"Which is where?" (bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world." Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

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                Mycroft Holmes
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                I'm with Lauren. what is "U$"

                Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                  what does "u$" mean?

                  "mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"

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                  I'm guessing it stands for Microsoft. Cheers, Drew.

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                  • S Steve McLenithan

                    SQLite hands down. There's a complete .net connector for it.
                    // Steve McLenithan

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                    Luis Alonso Ramos
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                    I didn't know about it, and it looks great!! I'll keep it handy for my next projects. What .NET provider do you use? I found two: ADO.NET Provider for SQLite[^] System.Data.SQLite[^] Apparently the second one looks better, but I have yet to try them. [EDIT: It seems both are the same. When I click the files link for the second one, I go to Sourceforge] Regards,

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                      I took it as "portable" in the sense of "can be moved to another machine / given to another user without a lot of work". Something like XML or SQLite fit those needs pretty well; an Access database or some flavors of SQL Server might work, provided you're willing to impose the cost of installing the supporting libraries. A server-based database OTOH, would be rather painful, as you'd need to configure the connection in addition to installing the server binaries.

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                      You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.

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                      Harvey Saayman
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                      You got it Shog, i intend for this app to be on my flash disk or external HDD

                      Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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                      • H Harvey Saayman

                        Hey guys I'm working on a little personal project, a code snippet manager. I want it to be portable but I have no idea which portable database to use. I'm writing it in C# under DotNet 3.5 Any suggestions?

                        Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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                        Zoltan Balazs
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                        Embedded Firebird [^]. There are a couple of articles about it on CP, like this one [^]

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                          +1. The combination of speed and lack of dependencies is a huge win.

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                          You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.

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                          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                          Shog9 wrote:

                          lack of dependencies

                          To get it running in C++, all you have to do is to download two (maybe three depending on how much you'd like to extend it) files, and add them to your project. Talk about It Just Works!

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                          • H Harvey Saayman

                            Hey guys I'm working on a little personal project, a code snippet manager. I want it to be portable but I have no idea which portable database to use. I'm writing it in C# under DotNet 3.5 Any suggestions?

                            Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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                            • R Rocky Moore

                              Is there a decent wrapper for multithreaded C#/.NET 3.5 apps for SQLite? I did a search and saw a number of different projects around the net, but is there one you have used that is stable and no headaches?

                              Rocky <>< Recent Blog Post: Texas Deputy Sheriff vs New York Lawyer! Thinking about Silverlight? www.SilverlightCity.com

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                              Perspx
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                              Not having used SQLite with C#, unfortunately I can't. I've used it with C++ though and it's pretty speedy :) Regards, --Perspx

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                              • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                                Shog9 wrote:

                                "portable" in the sense of "can be moved to another machine / given to another user without a lot of work"

                                That would be a very strange use of the term "portable". It usually means able to port to another compler/OS/hardware.

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                                Stuart Dootson
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                                Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:

                                That would be a very strange use of the term "portable". It usually means able to port to another compler/OS/hardware.

                                Not necessarily[^]

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                                  I'm guessing it stands for Microsoft. Cheers, Drew.

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                                  Todd Smith
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                                  u$ dataset reader what types of dataset readers are there?

                                  Todd Smith

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                                    what does "u$" mean?

                                    "mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"

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                                    MrPlankton
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                                    u=micro $oft

                                    MrPlankton (bad guy)"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go." (good guy)"Which is where?" (bad guy)"To a responsible future in a properly managed world." Dean Koontz, The Good Guy

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                                    • L l a u r e n

                                      oooops sorry my bad... i looked around but couldnt find that :)

                                      "mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"

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                                      Stuart Roberts
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                                      I have used the free version of this for a project of my own and it is good, plus their support is pretty speedy. There is a provider that **should** be a drop-in replacement for the SQL Server provider, and they are constantly working on ensuring that their flavour of SQL matches SQL Server, to make upgrade / crossgrade easier.

                                      Stuart R

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                                      • H Harvey Saayman

                                        Hey guys I'm working on a little personal project, a code snippet manager. I want it to be portable but I have no idea which portable database to use. I'm writing it in C# under DotNet 3.5 Any suggestions?

                                        Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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                                        si618
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                                        Sounds like a job for db4o.

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                                        • H Harvey Saayman

                                          Hey guys I'm working on a little personal project, a code snippet manager. I want it to be portable but I have no idea which portable database to use. I'm writing it in C# under DotNet 3.5 Any suggestions?

                                          Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111

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                                          cwp42
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                                          Take Access - one file, fast and handy Read http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/DatabaseAcessWithAdoNet1.aspx[^]for details

                                          cwp42

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