How can I embed a SQLite Database in a .NET DLL and then use it from C#?

Question

I\'m currently working on some evaluation work for a project that I\'m planning.

I recently looked at solutions for a data storage mechanism for my application and w

Answer 1

I don't think storing data in DLL is a good idea, but there is a dirty way to do it.

To load data from DLL:

1. Use System.Reflection.Assembly to load a string from DLL file. (The string is dump of DB)
2. Create empty SQLite DB in memory.
3. Use the loaded string as a query to DB to restore its content.

Now you can make any queries in memory.

To save data to DLL:

1. Dump DB content into a string.
2. Create temporary file containing SQL-dump wrapped in C# code.
3. Compile it using "csc" (or "gmcs" in Mono).

It's stupid, but it should work. Hope you will never code that way.