I am developing an application, partly to learn new technologies - in this case, the Entity Framework. I am using .NET 4.5, Visual Studio 2013. I need to somehow store data that does not include starting the SQL server on my legacy old laptop (even hard), and it works with Entity Framework. Ideally, I would like something that just stores data in a file. I have a few basic requirements:
- Simple relational database. Maximum 10 tables, this is a prototype, so the tables will not be very large
- Ability to create a database in some kind of graphical interface.
- Ability to create an Entity Framework database model from a database. I do not want to enter them manually.
- There is no proprietary software besides what I already use - i.e. I do not have an MS Access license.
- Something THAT COMBINE
I spent most of today trying to get VS2013 to connect me to the SQLite database that I created. I have never gone anywhere. SQLite is simply not on the list of available data source types. I read StackOverflow posts about this issue and I tried to get it working. (this is where the frustration you might feel in this post comes from this - this is not an exercise item, but I spent so much time on it) Is there any other file-based database technology that I could use?
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