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I have created desktop application using visual studio 2010 (C#) connected with database (sql server 2008).
I want to make my application a setup project to install at any operating system (Xp,VISTA and Windows 7) and at different machines including all files like framework,sql server and database files in one exe.

Please help me i need this necessary
Thank you
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Updated 17-Feb-12 22:44pm
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You should not include SQL Server in your installation. There are a couple of reasons:
0) You can only distribute SQL Server Express for copyright reasons - not SQL Server full version.
1) They may already have SQL Server installed on the network. If so, then they will presumably want to use that version.
2) If they do have SQL server installed and you start proliferating SQL server Express instances, you are going to annoy the heck out of the database administrator...
3) A single site installation of SQl Server is a lot more likely to be backed up than a number of scattered version under user control.
4) Sql server is quite complex for a "normal" user to install and administer - it is not a good idea!
5) It will destroy the primary advantage of using Sql Server over SqlCE or SQLite - multiuser access. If everyone installs their own copy of SQL server, then you will have multiple copies of your database, each used by a single person. This will cause some confusion, and (depending on how you wrote the original database) may take some considerable effort to combine into a single instance when the problem is realized.
 
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Varun Sareen 18-Feb-12 5:05am    
My 5: Good explanantion
tranesyasd 18-Feb-12 5:10am    
you mean i install the sql server express and attach my database.
if i want a database attached directly when i install the application its possible or not
thanks
OriginalGriff 18-Feb-12 5:18am    
No. I mean you do not install any form of SQL Server at all.
If you want multi-user data, then the user must install or refer to the appropriate instance.
If you want single-user data, then don't use a multi-user database!
tranesyasd 18-Feb-12 6:20am    
i will run my application at single machine.
So please tell me how can i attach my database files and framework in one setup file
OriginalGriff 18-Feb-12 7:16am    
It's not the number of machines - it is the number of users you expect to use the same database. If it is one, then you could use SQL server, but it is a bad solution - it is complex to install, and complex to administer. It is also a bad idea to proliferate SQL server instances.
Use SqlCE or SqlLite instead.

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