Using a Sterling-database in WP as alternative to SQL CE - by Michaël Van Wesemael
I you remember my blogpost from a very long time ago, I wrote about using SQL CE with Windows Phone (you can find it here). SQL CE can be queried with LINQ to SQL, making it interesting for storing relational data. Recently I came in contact with the Sterling-database (check it here), an Object-database which can be used in .NET, Silverlight and Windows Phone ! You can add “SterlingPhone” to your project by using NuGet. Just like SQL CE I can use Sterling for storing data in Isolated Storage.
I’ll show you how to use it with a “fake” Northwind-database, but it can also be used for persisting full Viewmodels when using MVVM. In my fake Northwind-database I will use Products and Categories, so I simply start by creating classes for these two entities.
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