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Can I access sdf (SQL Server Compact database file) kept at some other computer on the same network?

I have done so for SQL Server, now I was trying to do it SQL Server Compact.

I am unable to make a connection string in SQL Server Compact which has the provision for providing ip/server.

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Amber Avatar asked Dec 07 '12 07:12

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Try Replicating Data to a remote server. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms152568(v=sql.105).aspx

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Amber Avatar answered Oct 24 '22 16:10

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