Hi all,

The new version of MS SQL 2012 has been released.  Among the flavors there is a new LocalDB version which is basically the same Express version not running as a service but as a file base database, so it can be embedded with an application to use the database locally by a single user.

See this link for more information: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/editions/express.aspx

Are there any plans from the StrataFrame team to add support for this new LocalDB version and if so when can we expect to see this update?

Edhy Rijo

Hi Ger,

Yeap it looks like LocalDB is for single exclusive user, the application using it, embedded.  It kind of make sense to have it that way, since the express version is multiuser and a service. 
I have a need for this kind of file database, for example I build small applications where I need to store temporary and permanent information and having to install MS SQL Express is a big deal, because sometimes, those computers cannot even support SQL Express installation.  I know of other SF developers that have applications that will run on user's laptops and this LocalDB seems to be the solution, since from the application perspective, it is talking to MS-SQL database, so no changes are required to the application or in our case SF Business Objects, only the connection string would change.

Edhy Rijo

I agree with Edhy, there are some specific cases where single user is the way to go.
I think here primarily to the not-allways connected applications on a laptop. For sure it will be the first trial I'll get to the LocalDB (most probably synchronized on an Azure DB)