The best way to deploy a demo version of a software product using SQL Server database

Question

We are trying to deploy a demo version of a program, which uses a relational database.

However, we have an issue:

If we use SQL Server Express as a backend database server, then clients have to download the SQL Server Express install file, which is huge and not desirable.

So my question is: Is there any alternative way of deploying the demo database, and then get the application running at the client's side without SQL Server?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

使用SQL Server CE，它只有1个dll（可以与应用程序一起分发），并且可以将DB作为文件。

Answer 2

使用Access.Access是本地轻量级数据库。