Attn: Software Developers...and Poker Players
 

Developers,
I am working on a C# application for personal use, and need to include a database. I wanted to be flexible enough so if I chose to distribute this later, the app would be an easy one-step install. I'd probably distribute this as freeware, but just in case I did sell it..are there any free databases that I could distribute it with? I was thinking about using MySQL, but I've never tried to package that with a distributable.


Players,
I'm a numbers freak. When I play poker, I track all my expenses...books bought, chips, online deposits/withdrawals etc. In my home games I track my personal results, and I maintain our running totals for our group of guys. Online I like to track my ring game results separately for each level and table size. I do the same for online tourneys based on the buy-in, type of game, tourney size etc..

I have a spreadsheet with a lot of pages, and a notebook full of data, and I want to consolidate this info. That is the app I am working on. I know PokerTracker tracks a lot of this stuff for you, but it doesn't include non-online stats/expenses/profits etc.

Would anyone else be interested in an application that does this? If you did, is there anything specific you want to to see included. PM me if you have any ideas.

If you are targeting Windows, Microsoft SQL Server Express is free.

Depending on your needs, SQLite might fit the bill.

http://www.sqlite.org/

MSAccess, despite being is a MS app, is quite common, I would think.

And while it is rather bulky, xml would prevent having to install a db.. but if it's a desktop application you might want to look into some custom data storage also. Installing a db for a desktop app sounds rather cumbersome.

+1

One new approach gaining in popularity is to dump all of your data in a "universe" folder.

With the Jet / ODBC stuff, you don't even need Access installed to read/write a database. Access is just for the fancy GUI.