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Hello there, I'm a computer science student who has been working on several applications for home use to assist me manage my funds, time, and so on.
Now that the finance management one has proven to be really beneficial, I've been asked to make one for some of my acquaintances at a reasonable cost. In the home version, I host the database on my PC using SQL Server, and the server must be operating for the programme to work.
Is there a way to use SQL databases without having to run a SQL Server instance on the "clients" PC, or connecting it remotely to my machine, which would necessitate port forwarding on my router and keeping my computer online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...? 192.168.8.1 192.168.100.1
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If you need to distribute your application with a database without running a local database server, we recommend you to work with embedded databases:

1) Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition. Refer to Microsoft documentation

2) SQLite. In this case, just place the database file and SQLite engine (sqlite3.dll) in the folder with the *.exe of your application. Refer to https://www.devart.com/dotconnect/sqlit ... yment.html