Hi I am developing desktop portable free application and I`m looking for portable database:
- free
- without install
- up to 20K records
- standalone application
- supports encryption (optional)
- SQL92 spec
thanks for advice
can you write some advantages and disadvangtages?
self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.
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Firebird is an open source relational database offering many ANSI SQL-99 features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers.
If you're working in Java, HSQLDB might be a good fit. Otherwise, SQLite.
Not sure it meets the no install requirement but if you need more than SQLite check Apache Derby.
Tokyo Cabinet would be a good candidate, except it isn't relational (so no SQL).
Given you don't have so many records, maybe a full relational database is overkill for your needs. Or not, it depends on your application, of course.
Depending on your problem, you may consider Ms Access.
You can connect to Access database through Jet engine which is installed on Windows XP and newer.
Since v2002 it is SQL 92 compliant (as Microsoft claims).
Edit: Ooops, apparently I meant SQL Compact, not express
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/557632/free-portable-database