SQL CE Binaries - Details

laxminro — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:36:48 GMT

Many times developers get puzzled on which exact set of binaries one should consume in their application. There is also a misconception that SQL CE engine is too big in size. This may be because there was no effort from our side to clarify on “Which binary is for what purpose?”. So, here it goes:

The color coding is:

Thick Blue – Mandated Components

Lavender – Optional Components – Pick by your access model like C/C++/native Vs C#/VB.NET/.NET/Managed

Green – Optional Components – Pick by your scenario

The following table shows the mapping between the components (box in the above picture) to a binary name:

Component Name	Binary Name	Remarks
Storage Engine	sqlcese35.dll	None
Query Processor	sqlceqp35.dll	None
OLEDB Provider	sqlceoledb35.dll	None
DB Utilities	sqlcecompact35.dll	None
Managed Extensions	sqlceme35.dll	None
ADO.NET Provider – Also known as ADO.NET v2 Provider	System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll	None
Merge Replication	sqlceca35.dll	Client Agent
Remote Data Access	sqlceca35.dll	Client Agent
Sync Services	Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServerCe.dll	Client Sync Provider
	Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.dll	Sync Common
	Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server.Dll	Server Sync Provider
LINQ/SQL	No extra binary :)	None
LINQ/Entities - Also known as ADO.NET v3 Provider, Entity Framework	System.Data.SqlServerCe.Entity.dll	Entity Provider

Here is the component grouping:

Component Group	Composition
Core Engine	Storage Engine (sqlcese35.dll) + Query Processor (sqlceqp35.dll)
Core Engine Native	Core Engine + OLEDB Provider (sqlceoledb35.dll)
Core Engine Managed	Core Engine + Managed Extensions (sqlceme35.dll) + ADO.NET Provider (System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll)
Sync Services	Sync Common (Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.dll) + Client Sync Provider (Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServerCe.dll) + Server Sync Provider (Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server.dll)
Client Agent	Client Agent (sqlceca35.dll)
Error Messages	Error Messages (sqlceer35en.dll) – Replace ‘en’ with two letter locale name for the localized version
Database Utilities	DB Utilities (sqlcecompact35.dll)

Finally, let us come down to what needs to be packaged when.

Scenario Description	Package Requirements
Local Database with Native Code	Core Engine Native
Local Database with .NET/Managed Code	Core Engine Managed
Local Database with LINQ/SQL	Core Engine Managed
Local Database with LINQ/Entities	Core Engine Managed + Entity Provider

Local Database with Native Code, and Merge Replication – Ability to sync with backend SQL Server via IIS over HTTP/HTTPS	Core Engine Native + Client Agent
Local Database with Native Code, and Remote Data Access (RDA) - Ability to pull/push data from/to with backend SQL Server via IIS over HTTP/HTTPS	Core Engine Native + Client Agent
Local Database with Managed Code, and Merge Replication – Ability to sync with backend SQL Server via IIS over HTTP/HTTPS	Core Engine Managed + Client Agent
Local Database with Managed Code, and Remote Data Access (RDA) - Ability to pull/push data from/to with backend SQL Server via IIS over HTTP/HTTPS	Core Engine Managed + Client Agent
Local Database with Managed Code, and Sync Services	Core Engine Managed + Sync Services

Database Maintenance Utilities – Ability to Compact, Repair, Verify a database	+ DB Utilities

Error Messages – Ability to get a error situation in the form of message than just error number	+ Error Messages

Notes:

1) Majority of this blog post is applicable to more than one SQL CE Version.

2) Binary Names have version number encoded. This post took a reference example as SQL CE v3.5. Please replace ‘35’ in binary names with ‘30’ for SQL CE v3.0 Version, etc.

Hope that helps!

Namaskaram,

Laxmi Narsimha Rao Oruganti

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laxminro — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:14:00 GMT

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SQL CE Binaries - Details

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