Deploy a database with your product
Your software product relies on Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2000,
SQL Express or
MSDE database to store its data.
When your customer run the installation kit you want to install database
schema and initial data in the same step.
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Procedure
Use Easy SQL Deploy to package
your database as .NET executable
Include generated executable in your installer
Setup a custom action to launch the database installation
executable and include it in appropriate sequence
Run the installation kit on destination server
Benefits
Compressing the database data with
Easy SQL Deploy reduces storage and transfer
times
You can combine it with InstallShield
You can easily associate databases with web and desktop applications setup
In case you know target database details you may want to run in silent mode the database installation