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I haven't put up a web site/app yet, so please excuse my ignorance.

Eloquera looks like a great object database, but the embedded (in-process) mode is not meant to be used for a web app. I have to therefore somehow run the server exe on the server to use it.

When I use the server on my comp it first needs to be allowed through the firewall, as one would expect.

I am wondering if I could somehow run the server.exe in the same process as the web app and still have it be a tcp/ip server accepting multiple connections.

Or perhaps there are normal ways of dealing with this situation on typical "retail" web hosts?

In Short: I believe I am trying to embedd a tcp "server.exe" into an asp.net web application

the_law
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    Why do you need to run this so closely coupled with your ASP.NET application?? –  Jan 25 '12 at 13:39
  • Also see [this related question](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4875517/66849) – PHeiberg Jan 25 '12 at 13:53
  • Shark, I have no idea if it would be allow to install a windows service on an inexpensive commercial host's machine. And then there is the potential simplicity embedding the DBMS. – the_law Jan 25 '12 at 14:02
  • Adding to my last answer: using this database as client/server would involve getting VPS hosting or dedicated hosting -- more expensive and only necessary because of my choice of DB. – the_law Jan 25 '12 at 15:37

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Seems like the usual thing to do in this situation would be to get a dedicated server, or, more realistically in my case, a VPS (I did say I was learning!).This really pushes up the costs and hassle. No shared hosting that I can see offers Eloquera DB.

So, it seems that my only option would be a low-end VPS.

It's disappointing that I can't use embedded (desktop mode) eloquera in an asp.net web app, but I understand that this is to do with the nature of web apps.

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