how to use mssql data without instaling ms sql server in client machine?

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i have develop window application in c# , how to use mssdatabase in client machine if not install sql server then in which software insall please send me link to download that software and how to connect my database..

Posted 23-Jun-14 19:16pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-06-23T19:48:00

To use a MsSql database in your application, it must have access to an instance of Sql Server: it doesn't have to be on the same machine (and it almost certainly shouldn't be) but it has to be available, either on the same network segment, or via the internet - but I strongly recommend against the latter for security reasons.

If your client PC does not have access to an Sql Server instance, you can't use an MsSql database in your application.

And I do not recommend installing SQL server on client equipment!
There are a couple of reasons:
0) You can only distribute SQL Server Express for copyright reasons - not SQL Server full version.
1) They may already have SQL Server installed on the network. If so, then they will presumably want to use that version.
2) If they do have SQL server installed and you start proliferating SQL server Express instances, you are going to annoy the heck out of the database administrator...
3) A single site installation of SQl Server is a lot more likely to be backed up than a number of scattered version under user control.
4) Sql server is quite complex for a "normal" user to install and administer - it is not a good idea!
5) It will destroy the primary advantage of using Sql Server over SqlCE or SQLite - multiuser access. If everyone installs their own copy of SQL server, then you will have multiple copies of your database, each used by a single person. This will cause some confusion, and (depending on how you wrote the original database) may take some considerable effort to combine into a single instance when the problem is realized.

If you are using the database purely for one user, that I would recommend changing your software to use a single user database: SqLite, SqlCE or even :shudder: Access instead.