Portable Database for Visual Studio

I have been using SQL CE for a desktop app I am building bu开发者_C百科t the limitations of it may not make it the best option for me so I am looking for an alternative.

Requirements: -Need to easily be able to utilize in Visual Studio -Portable as this will get installed on numerous client machines -Don't want to install XAMPP, for example and all the other stuff that comes with it. Single File I can include in the install would be ideal that my tool can communicate with. -The potential is there to have the database be larger than 4 gig. -need to be able to add images to the database.

I was looking at MYSQL as a possibility but I don't know much about it and I don't see that there is a portable version. All the versions require me to do some sort of install on a client machine.

I like SQL CE but 4 gig limitation i didn't like as well as not being able to easily create views.(This could be that I don't know how to use it well enough but I wasn't able to save queries and the only way i have seen that I can get data that I need is through code and I would rather avoid this if at all possible)

Anyone know of a good portable database out there that might meet my needs?

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I think you can check Firebird which have embedded version

The embedded version is an amazing variation of the server. It is a fully featured Firebird server packed in just a few files. It is very easy to deploy, since there is no need to install the server. It is ideal for CDROM catalogs, demos or standalone desktop applications.