>>>>I'm working on a small MS Access to C# WinForms conversion project. I have to decide which database to use. The client will most likely want to take the data home, so SQL will not be an easy option.
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>>>SQL is as easy an option as Access.
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>>How do you figure? SQL has to be installed. I can just copy the VFP tables to the Data folder and access it using .Net's oleDb driver.
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>Or you could put it all on sticky notes and paste it on the monitor <bg>
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>SQL Express takes a few minutes to install and is a real database. Attaching and detaching databases is really quite simple. Give it a try. If you're moving from Access to C# I don't see where VFP should even play a role.

I see any form of SQL as more overhead than necessary. Getting a DB on this guy's PC is as easy a copy & paste with VFP. No setup wizard. No multiple forms of connection strings with a VFP DB in a folder called 'Data' under the app folder. With SQL. Seems a whole lot more simple to me.