Difference between LocalDb and SQL SERVER Software?


What is the difference between creating database inside localDb in visualstudio and creating database in sqlserver and joining it in VS .


Asked by:- Darkness
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: 3925 At:- 3/25/2018 4:12:32 AM
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2 Answers
profileImage Answered by:- neena

LocalDB has the following key properties:

1. LocalDB uses the same sqlservr.exe as the regular SQL Express and other editions of SQL Server. The application is using the same client-side providers (ADO.NET, ODBC, PDO and others) to connect to it and operates on data using the same T-SQL language as provided by SQL Express.

2. LocalDB is installed once on a machine (per major SQL Server version). Multiple applications can start multiple LocalDB processes, but they are all started from the same sqlservr.exe executable file from the same disk location.

3. LocalDB doesn't create any database services; LocalDB processes are started and stopped automatically when needed. The application is just connecting to "Data Source=(localdb)\v11.0" and LocalDB process is started as a child process of the application. A few minutes after the last connection to this process is closed the process shuts down.

4. LocalDB connections support AttachDbFileName property, which allows developers to specify a database file location. LocalDB will attach the specified database file and the connection will be made to it.

SQL Express

If you set up a database with SSMS and connect to it via SQL Express then you don't have a local database that's part of your project, you have a database for which the server happens to be local to your workstation.

Complete difference of various SQL DB

Deployment/ Installation Features

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2

SQL Server Compact 4.0

SQLite, incl. ADO.NET Provider

SQL Server
Express 2014

SQL Server 2014 LocalDB

Installation size

2.5 MB download size
12 MB expanded on disk

2.5 MB download size
18 MB expanded on disk

10 MB download, 14 MB expanded on disk

120 MB download size
> 300 MB expanded on disk

32 MB download size
> 160 MB on disk

ClickOnce deployment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Privately installed, embedded, with the application

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Non-admin installation option

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Runs under ASP.NET

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Runs on Windows Mobile / Windows Phone platform

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Runs on WinRT (Phone/Store Apps) No No Yes No No
Runs on non-Microsoft platforms No No Yes No No

Installed centrally with an MSI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Runs in-process with application

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No (as process started by app)

64-bit support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Runs as a service

No – In process with application

No - In process with application

No - In process with application

Yes

No – as launched process

Data file features

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2

SQL Server Compact 4.0

SQLite, incl. ADO.NET Provider

SQL Server
Express 2014

SQL Server 2014 LocalDB

File format

Single file

Single file

Single file

Multiple files

Multiple files

Data file storage on a network share

No

No

No

No

No

Support for different file extensions

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Database size support

4 GB

4 GB

140 TB

10 GB

10 GB

XML storage

Yes – stored as ntext

Yes - stored as ntext

Yes, stored as text

Yes, native

Yes, native

Binary (BLOB) storage

Yes – stored as image

Yes - stored as image

Yes

Yes

Yes

FILESTREAM support

No

No

No

Yes

No

Code free, document safe, file format

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Programmability

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2

SQL Server Compact 4.0

SQLite, incl. ADO.NET Provider

SQL Server
Express 2014

SQL Server 2014 LocalDB

Transact-SQL - Common Query Features

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Procedural T-SQL - Select Case, If, features

No

No

Limited

Yes

Yes

Remote Data Access (RDA)

Yes

No (not supported)

No

No

No

ADO.NET Sync Framework

Yes

No (not supported)

No

Yes

Yes

LINQ to SQL

Yes

No (not supported)

No

Yes

Yes

ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1

Yes (no Code First)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ADO.NET Entity Framework 6 Yes (fully) Yes (fully) Yes (limited) Yes Yes

Subscriber for merge replication

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Simple transactions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Distributed transactions

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Native XML, XQuery/XPath

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Stored procedures, views, triggers

No

No

Views and triggers

Yes

Yes

Role-based security

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Number of concurrent connections

256 (100)

256

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited (but only local)

Reference:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jerrynixon/2012/02/26/sql-express-v-localdb-v-sql-compact-edition/

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At:- 3/25/2018 10:29:03 AM
good explanation using tables. 0
By : jaya - at :- 3/27/2018 12:49:15 PM


profileImage Answered by:- vikas_jk
  • LocalDB is a lightweight deployment option for SQL Server Express Edition with fewer prerequisites and quicker installation.
  • LocalDB is created specifically for developers. Localdb is a minified version of SQL Express
  • The major difference is SQL Server run as a service while LocalDB doesn't need any server or intensive processing to run.
  • LocalDB is not intended for multi-user scenarios or to be used as a server
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