An embedded database system is a database management system (DBMS) which is tightly integrated with an application software that requires access to stored data, such that the database system is “hidden” from the application’s end-user and requires little or no ongoing maintenance.
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What options are there for a quick embedded DB in .NET?
I'm making this tiny utility program (Windows Forms) and it would need to save a bit of data to the disk. In DB terms it would be about one table, no more than about couple thousand rows, each row being less then 1KB in size.
What would you…

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Is it possible to use MongoDB as an embedded database?
As the title says I like to embedd the MongoDB server into my own C++ application. I haven't found this mode in the documentation. What I was looking for is something like SQLite or Firebird in the embedded mode. Is this also possible with MongoDB?…

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difference between in-memory and embedded databases
I want to know if my understanding is correct :
embedded : databases which are up if my application is up and are down if my application is down.
I am not referring the databases used in embedded space.
in-memory : databases could be on any server;…

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When to use an Embedded Database
I am writing an application, which parses a large file, generates a large amount of data and do some complex visualization with it. Since all this data can't be kept in memory, I did some research and I'm starting to consider embedded databases as a…

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Best way to create schema in embedded HSQL database
I'm currently using the following setup to create a schema in an embedded database before running my tests against it
In my application context

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Using HSQL for .NET development and related questions of process
My team uses a shared instance of Oracle for development using C#, NHibernate and ASP.NET, and we occasionally step on each others toes when making data or schema changes holding up everyone.
On another project I'm using Java and HSQL in 100%…

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Configuring flapdoodle embedded mongo with Mongodb version 4 and replica
I am currently working on a spring boot application 2.0.3.RELEASE. I want to configure Flapdoodle MongoDb with MongoDb version 4.0 and I also want to set a single mongo instance and create replicas for it.
So far i haven't figured out the process…

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Good embedded database for Qt?
I am looking for good embedded database that i can use for application developed using Qt. The applications target desktop users from various sites of a single large company. The database should be able to store data separately at each site and the…

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Good embedded database solution (like SQLite) for .Net
I am looking for file based storage solutions that I can use with a .Net project. THey need to have a sql-like interface for storing and retrieving data. They need to have relatively little overhead and must not require any additional components…

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deploying winform application with embedded sqlite
I'm deploying a winform application built with vs 2008 0n XP sp3.
I created a database with empty schema which i dropped in the root folder of the project and in properties i choosed Build Action: Embedded Resources and Copy to Output directory :…

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Embedded database for windows 8 app
Is there any kind of embed-able database for windows 8 app development?
I was looking for something like Sqlite or etc which integrate with visual studio 11.

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Unable to make field long java.nio.Buffer.address accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.nio" - LMDB using Java API
I'm trying to create DB and env using LMDB. I'm facing an issue on Env. create().
I have used LMDB documentation for this.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at…

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Are there benefits to using a JDBC connection pool with embedded databases?
Are there any advantages to use something like HikariCP with embedded databases like SQLite, H2 or HSQLDB? (the last two can also run in server mode but I'm not interested in that)
Apart from the performance benefit (that I suppose would be…

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What's a good "mobile" .NET database that supports LINQ?
I'm in the process of refactoring an application and I've decided to use a mobile/embedded database.
I've been reading about SQL Server Compact Edition, but I was wondering if any of you knew of any other databases that could be used and don't have…

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How to run RavenDb in embedded mode?
Ravendb documentation says to simply set the DataDirectory name before initializing the DocumentStore, but DocumentStore doesn't have a DataDirectory property :(
var documentStore = new DocumentStore {
DataDirectory =…

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