I have my application written in C#, it uses a SQL Server database. I have a connection to a database in my C# code, some queries to write/read from database.
Now consider following: if I want to run this app from another PC, this PC has no SQL Server, will this app work? (I assume not) If not then how can this another PC still work with database? Is there a way to programmatically create database on another PC using C# so it has a name I need, columns I need. I created my database using SQL Server Management Studio.
I guess your application works with a local server.
First of all you should check in your application at startup if there is any local mssql server running. If not, you should handle it by installing one programmatically.
Read this answer how to do this if you don't know it.
After that you have to create the database, it's tables, maybe adding user priviliges. Write a SQL script that gets started by a class that starts it.
Read this to see how to start a SQL script in C#
You can do this by setting up SQL server on another machine (server).
Set that servers authentication to SQL Server authentication (requires username and password for that SQL server Management Studio)
Change the connection string in web/App.config from your C# app to use that servers Ip address and Credentails for SQL server
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I have made a C# application MySql Database attached I am going to use the Application on a different Computer. According to my Logic. The Mysql database is running on the localhost server of my first PC and I think that the localhost of the other PC will be different. So,My application Won't connect to the server - It's my Idea which may be wrong.
I have the following Questions :-
1.
How do I make a Mysql local server that will even work on another PC.
2.
Do I have to Install MySql on other PC ? If yes How can i include mysql setup in the Setup Wizard of my app.
3.
Do I have to make changes In the Code (Connection or anything).
Please Give any extra suggestion if you have about this.
You do not need to install mySQL on the computer that will have the app. that defeats the purpose of having a SQL Server
You will only need to change the connection string so instead of connecting to Localhost or 127.0.0.1 you will use the ip address of the machine that has the server installed. Connection Strings
I suggest you do some reading about networking, design patterns, and SQL or you risk building a very insecure application.
I have created a CRUD application that is running really well. It connects to SQL on the same machine. I want to publish my C# app and install it on another PC does not have SQL.
Is it possible to run it on that PC, without installing SQL Server on it? If so, how do I do this?
Is it possible to run it on that PC?
Without a database your application is "dead".
You have two options.
Install a sql server it this PC.
Connect to a sql server isntalled in another PC.
It's your choice.
If your project is a small one and the database is less than 4GB and you are not going to install SQL Server on every machine and your client do not have access to a Server with SQL Server then you may want to use SQL Server compact
In this case your database would be an single sdf file and you will connect to it using its path on the machine. Then the connection string would be like this:
Data Source=MyData.sdf;Max Database Size=256;Persist Security Info=False;
For more on connection string see this.
Here is the download link
A simple C# windows form application that uses a local SQL Server LocalDB (.mdf).
I want the end user to install the SQL LocalDB and application and run it in that simple, but also want the DB to be secured with a password (Like the one that is used on SQL Compact (sdf)).
I couldn't find that option in (mdf DBs) without creating a login in the server that should be identical to the one in the connection string! Which is not user friendly!
Need help! thanks :)
I have a windows application which is uses SQL Server as its database. For this application I want to create a setup file for other desktops, but I don't want to install SQL Server on each and every client.
Can you please suggest how to create Windows application with local storage setup file without installing any databases or framework libraries?
You can use SQL Server Compact. The database is stored in a file that you carry with the product rather than requiring a database server.
If this is just for "settings" then consider storing it in the user's application data as a simple XML file.
You don't need to install SQL Server on each client - you can simply install it on a central server then all the clients can connect to and use the same instance.
If this is not a good option because each client must have its own storage locally then you can look to use something like SQL Server Compact, which is a very cut down version of SQL Server that doesn't require installation and runs inproc.
I have a simple code that is using C# and Sqlserver 2008.
For my C# code I get the .EXE file to customer and forced to install the .NET framework on her computer to run just the C# code.
But about the Sqlserver; I have installed the complete Sqlserver on my PC then attached my database on management part of that and am using the Sqlserver
now that I want to get my program to customer I install the .NET framework; but how can I run Sqlserver on her computer and attach the database each time?
Lets me to explain more:
The program will use on a local network and is multi_user.
I installed and am using the Sqlserver on my PC. I created my database and it's tables by help of sqlserver management tool.
for connecting to the datatbase I wrote a code that connect via the users IP address and I tested it on my PC with 2 Virtual machine. It is working truely.
My problem is here:
When I get the program to customer, what I have to do exactly?
What about the database I have to do?
I have to install the whole Sqlserver on customer PC and set that PC as a server or I have a better way to do this?
Thanks.
If you want to use sql server as an embedded database for local storage, use sql server CE.
If you want your users to have access to a shared database you'll have to instal sql server (sql server express may do) on some machine in their network, configure the access rights, and adjust their connection strings accordingly. Or use SQL Azure.
I have to install the whole Sqlserver on customer PC and set that PC
as a server or I have a better way to do this?
yes you have todo all this work
1)install sql server and the management
2)install your database
3)remote your database to be used