Embedded Datastore for Commerical Windows Apps?

Question

Sorry for the dumb question as I'm a newbie. If I wanted to build a commercial Windows application (one I'll sell for $), what are my options in terms of an embedded datastore? Would I use MSDE? Is this something that I'd bundle with my app? Are there other options (both from MS as well as other vendors)? Do you have to pay a fee to the datastore vendor for each copy of their product that you include with each copy of your application that you sell?

Thanks.

Answer 1

One of the great choices for this is SQLite. It's completely public domain, so you can use it for any purpose whatsoever (including commercial software sold for profit) without any worry about licensing. There are bindings available for many different platforms and languages.