There is an option though ... MSDE (Microsoft Data Engine). This is to SQL server as Personal Web Server is to IIS. It's distibutable with your applications and supports all standard SQL syntax for querying. You can actually manage one of these databases using MS Access also so you don't need to use command line management or the SQL enterprise manager. The main drawback to this is, limited connections ... they limit your concurrent connections to 5. much like PWS is limited to about 5 to 10 or so.
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