Data storing procedure without any database

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Hi All,

I am trying to build a language dictionary with C#.net in windows form application. I am wondering how can I store the data(words and meaning) without any database like oracle or mysql and use the application offline. Data is to be relational. I have read about sdf file. But what can be other possible ways to store data?
Hints or links will be great help.
Thank you..!! :-)

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Currently learning what sdf file actually is and how it works

Posted 1-Mar-17 0:06am

planetz

Updated 1-Mar-17 0:16am

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Garth J Lancaster 1-Mar-17 6:20am

not sure what your constraints actually are .... offline, ok, but, you could use SQLite Db, LiteDB, where the database resides as a single file wherever you put it on your disk - in a lot of ways these are no different to your proposed '.sdf' solution

At one end of the spectrum of solutions, you have text files - at the other end, you have a whole host of things like SQLite, LiteDB - what you need to think about is ease, speed of data operations - 'CRUD' etc, whether one or more (processes) will be modifying/reading the data .....

btw, .sdf is still a database file, it looks like its SQL Server CE version - you 'may' be able to use that with c#/.Net, I havnt checked

planetz 1-Mar-17 6:30am

Thank you for helping with ideas. I will try and get back.

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F-ES Sitecore · Answer 1 · 2017-03-01T00:16:00

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If by "no database" you mean no client\server database or no database that requires an installation then you can use SQLite or Access. Both of which will give your apps the ability to use databases without really needing the client to install a DB server.

Or you could simply store your data in files, maybe XML files or in JSON format.

Posted 1-Mar-17 0:16am

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planetz 1-Mar-17 6:31am

Thank you for your response. Yes, I meant single file. :-)