Developers use various database solutions within their .Net applications, including
Microsoft Jet/Access, SQL Server, SQL Server Compact Edition (SQL CE), Borland's
BDE, XML files, Sqlite, and various ISAM and legacy XBase products. While
these products all store and retrieve data, none of them were built with .Net in
mind when they were designed.
VistaDB has been specifically engineered to overcome the various deficiencies found
in each with an eye specifically to .Net developers unique needs. Why accept
an unmanaged code data solution into your application lifecycle? VistaDB's
unique single assembly support for Windows
64 bit is vital to your application succeeding on modern operating systems.
You cannot build a single exe that supports both 32 and 64 bit and still reference
these older unmanaged data engines. Unmanaged code can only be targeted to
a single architecture.
Compare VistaDB to other Databases
We are confident VistaDB is a great database for desktop and web .Net developers everywhere,
but the following comparison pages might help you to see some of the decision points
around why to use one database vendor instead of another for a specific project.
Obviously a project that needs thousands of concurrent users needs a server to perform
well. As with most things in programming, it comes down to applying the right technology
for the right task.
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