Access for a videogame database

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I am programming a videogame with Fusion and want to create an external SQL-database (offline, just a file) for the gamefile which contains stuff such as statistics of the enemies, images, quest texts, etc...

I already own Office 2013. Will Access 2013 suit my needs?

Sure it will
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I forgot to add that I need to import the SQL database into the game.

Is it correct that I can create SQL databases with Access which I later o can export in order to use them in other applications?

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Well Access can export to a variety of formats and a lot of app can import or link to accdb files directly. But you also need to understand that Access is a relational database. Therefore, your Access database may comprise several tables. You need to be aware of that when exporting or accessing the data. You can also store your Access data in a variety of formats like SQL Server.

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Well Access can export to a variety of formats and a lot of app can import or link to accdb files directly. But you also need to understand that Access is a relational database. Therefore, your Access database may comprise several tables. You need to be aware of that when exporting or accessing the data. You can also store your Access data in a variety of formats like SQL Server.


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Then I can export the database as a SQLite one? I want to use the exported version in another program.

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Data is... data.

Databases hold data.

The structure, programming, user interface and so on differ between Access, SQLLite, SQL/Server, Oracle, DB/2 and so on - but your game data is just text strings, numbers, and perhaps binary objects such as images. Any of these databases can hold that data.

To get from one DBMS (Database Management System) to another might be easy or might be a chore (exporting to a least common denominator format such as "comma separated values text" and importing), but it can certainly be done one way or another in any of these.

John W. Vinson/MVP

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