Re: running PostGres without installing it

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> For years I have struggled with desktop applications and data
> access/storage.  Databases are very powerful tools but, other than MS
> Access, I have not seen any that are easily distributable bundled with
> a desktop application.  Not having a personal database to bundle with
> my applications has proven to be a "one hand tied behind my back"
> situation.
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> Any ideas you guys have would be deeply appreciated.
>

SQLite can be complied to a single binary/.dll/.so and used. That is the
route I'm looking at due to having to be an 'expert' to install
PostgresQL, and how invasive it can be on a system. I don't have any
experience with firebird or MySQL, so you might want to check out those.

Would something like SQLite support the full functionality that we get from PostgreSQL: subqueries, transactions, views, triggers and stored procedures?  MySQL does not (yes I know they are adding some or all of this but it isn't all there or proven to be reliable yet).

I will check SQLite out but MySQL is probably NOT a good option for this.  Historically it did not support subqueries (an absolute must for any serious database user) - not sure if they have added subquery support recently or not.