Shipping MYSQL Dabatase with product

Question

Can anyone help me understanding what can I do if I want to ship a MYSQL database along with a web based software I have. I am using a free version of MYSQL 5.1. All I want is the client should not able able to get the access to my database/tables, but my application should be able to access database when installed on the client machine.

Thanking you in advance,

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The main reason of me doing so is that we is selling the product with database & then shall work on the maintaincnae stuff. Even we dont want to have the database server with us & the application on client's servers. Was thinking about something like MySQL Embedded Server which shall get installed on the client's base with our product. Though I am not very sure whether its gonna work for me or not.

Answer 1

you can run the database on the client machine or host it yourself, depending on the circumstances, but if you have a php application or something then the client could just take the connection details out of it, so it doesnt matter, he can access the database anyways. If its not like that, you can do it as you like, if you can have you own database username and password. The local hosting might be somewhat faster and more secure.