Well, the real question is: What -does- work on Vista?
BTW, at least the client software for SQL 2000 still works on Vista, so you can have the server itself running on a different machine or a VM. Unfortunately, that still won't help MSDE users.
But if you want a real nice embedded database engine, I recommend VistaDB (www.vistadb.net). The engine itself even runs under Mono on Linux and Mac OS X. Pretty cool product with good support from its company and IMHO the best choice for .NET.
BTW, at least the client software for SQL 2000 still works on Vista, so you can have the server itself running on a different machine or a VM. Unfortunately, that still won't help MSDE users.
But if you want a real nice embedded database engine, I recommend VistaDB (www.vistadb.net). The engine itself even runs under Mono on Linux and Mac OS X. Pretty cool product with good support from its company and IMHO the best choice for .NET.