VistaDB is an embedded database engine for building robust small to midsize .NET database applications using C#, VB.NET, Delphi. Built to provide high-speed data management with minimal overhead, VistaDB is the #1 alternative database engine to Jet/Access and MSDE. VistaDB is 100x smaller than the MSDE and is more robust than Jet with .MDB files.
VistaDB features a small 400KB footprint with robust SQL-92 support, Copy 'n Go!™ deployment, managed ADO.NET Data Provider with source (Connection, Command, DataAdapter, DataReader objects) that supports building managed ASP.NET and WinForms .NET applications, VCL components for Delphi/C++Builder with source, COM objects for building VB and classic ASP web applications, Data Builder utility to create and manage databases, Data Migration Wizard for migrating existing data to VistaDB, managed Direct Data Access objects provide live data cursors into the database, XML support, single-file data store with massize storage capacity supporting billions of records, rich data types including BLOB, Boolean, Character, Currency, Double, Date, DateTime, GUID, Int32, Int64, Memo, Picture, Varchar with NULL support for all data types, compression, secure Blowfish encryption, Snapshot isolation, fault-tolerant unlimited nesting transaction processing with SureCommit(tm) technology, triggers, constraints, relationships, single and multi-column indexes, single and multi-user support, unlimited sessions, and free unlimited distribution!