Windows exe working not working on systems where there is no sql installed

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I have a windows application (exe) which is running fine in some systems but not working in windows server systems where there is no sql installed.

I want that exe to be installed on each users computer but users wont have sql in there system.

Can anyone guide me is there anything i am missing.

Thanks

Suman

Posted 5-Sep-14 0:40am

babli3

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ashok rathod 5-Sep-14 6:52am

have you used any reference of database related task in your code?

babli3 5-Sep-14 6:54am

I didnt attach any database to the set up ...do i need to attach the database aswell?

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-05T01:05:00

If you are using SQL database, then the PC running the code needs to to be able to contact the PC running the SQL server instance - it almost certainly won't be on the "local" PC, because outside of development, it is very, very rare for a user to have SQL server installed: it's a complex install which it is very easy to get wrong.

So: either you need to provide a customisation facility to let the user contact the right SQL instance (the one with the right DB attached) on his network via a connection string, or change your software to use a database which doesn't require SQL server.
If you are not expecting the DB to be multiuser, then I would strongly recommend the later. SqLite, SQLCE, or even Access are much better for single user as they don;t require much (if any) additional installation - a couple of DLLs is all.