I plan on accessing a local database from a C# program. Right now, I've been using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio for creating my database. I was having some troubles accessing the database and came across this article:
hxxps://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/f7074f8a-0f73-4bbd-aa80-3c7b2f356c31/connecting-to-local-sql-database-mdf
It basically says that this won't be possible without the computer having SQL Sever installed. I don't want my program to be dependent on the computer having SQL Server installed in order to be able to access the database.
So what are my best options here for creating a local database that isn't dependent upon other programs being installed? I planned on just placing the database within the folder path of my program and having the program access it directly. I'm using Visual
Studio 2013 for the program.
Thanks.