SQL Server on XBox?

SQL Server on XBox?

• paso

  Hmm...SQL Server Almost Everywhere...
  
  Well, that's unfortunate. But then MS has given us a platform that we can use to make games in a day or two for the most powerful gaming system on the market...I guess I should just say "thanks" and shut the hell up. ;)
  
  I appreciate the link, however. I'm going to look into some of those options as my SQL knowledge is much better than my XPATH knowledge.
  
  Thanks for the info!
  
  
  

• AAAchiel

  From what this thread says, it seems like XML and text files are your options for data storage and full relationship databases are not an option for the XBox.
  
  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=679325&SiteID=1
  
  There were some other options mentioned towards the bottom of the thread, so maybe those might work for you.
  
  
  

• George Hara

  Michael Thornberry wrote:

  I'm just getting my feet wet with XNA Game Studio Express and I was wondering about data storage for my games (inventory database, quest items, weapon database) etc. What I'm wondering is can I run Sql Server Express or Sql Server Everywhere on my XBox to give my game relational database access Thanks! PS. It is called Sql Server Everywhere :-D

  A general rule to follow when making games, is that if your data structures cannot be easily expressed using some flat file/XML file structure and you think you need a relational database, then they are probably too complicated and need to be simplified. You will be better served keeping things as simple as possible for load times and don't get into trying to do linked lists an such.

  There are however lots of open source simple database type solutions you could port that would essentially be the same thing if you wanted to.

  Thanks,

  Chad

  
  
  
• SQL Server on XBox?