Can I deploy a runtime version

Is is possible to deploy MSDE with a database in such a way that an end user
can only access that database via a custom application? In other words, I
don't want the end user to be able to use osql (or any other tool) to get
into the database, and I don't want them to be able to detach that database
and attach it to a full blown SQL Server.
Thanks.
No, it is not possible. If the user has full right (Admin right) to his
computer, he can do anything to SQL Server/MSDE on this computer:
attaching/detaching it, peeking into the database structure. The most you
can do is to encrypt the data content, if you can find a reliable tool to do
that.
"Tom Iarusso" <TomIarusso@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is is possible to deploy MSDE with a database in such a way that an end
> user
> can only access that database via a custom application? In other words, I
> don't want the end user to be able to use osql (or any other tool) to get
> into the database, and I don't want them to be able to detach that
> database
> and attach it to a full blown SQL Server.
> Thanks.