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- Embedded SQL Database
- 1 MB single Dll
- Easy migration from SQL Server
- TSQL data types and syntax
- Royalty free distribution
- ASP.NET and Medium Trust supported for shared hosting
Licensing
- Please view the Pricelist
pages for more information about VistaDB licenses
- Each machine license allows the Licensee to install and use VistaDB on one computers
owned and used by the Licensee for development purposes.
- The VistaDB database engine may be freely distributed with applications that were developed using a licensed copy of VistaDB (no runtime royalties)
- There are no royalties for deploying the VistaDB 3 engine with your products.
- You may not expose the database API to end users without purchasing a commercial
license of VistaDB. This if for ORM and other tools vendors who expose
VistaDB as a part of their commercial product.
- Site and Source code licenses are available for business editions
Dot Net Platforms
- .NET 2.0 (SP1 required)
- .NET 3.0
- .NET 3.5
- 64 Bit Dot Net Framework
- Compact Framework 2.0
- Windows Mobile 5 (Pocket PC and Smartphone)
- Windows Mobile 6
- Mono (Dot Net 2 runtime)
- with some restrictions
Technologies
- ADO.NET 2 Provider Model
- Allow Partially Trusted Caller (APTC) attribute
- ASP.NET Membership Providers
- Win Forms - Windows Forms Support
- Console Applications
- Windows Service Applications (running as NETWORK SERVICE is fully supported)
- Thread safe from single app, or across process boundaries
- Web Service applications
- Click Once Deployment (zero config)
- Desktop, Mobile, Server, Web Services
- Smart Client
- ASP.NET websites, including shared hosting support (medium trust)
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
- Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
- Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) - No persistence specific provider at this time
- Multi user access across shared network drives
- No CPU or RAM usage limitations
- 64 Bit Native mode on Windows x64 platforms
Languages
- All managed .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, Managed C++, Delphi.NET, J#, etc.)
Development Tools
- Supported with IDE Integration
- Visual Studio 2005 Standard or higher - Including Server Explorer
- Visual Studio 2008 Standard or higher - Including Server Explorer
- May be used without IDE Integration
- Visual C# Express 2005/2008
- Visual Basic Express 2005/2008
- Mono