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BrianS
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 Posted - 2007-02-13 : 12:21:20
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| Good Afternoon!Ill preface this by saying I am very much a beginner. I have only been coding ASP for about 5 months now and have been using IIS5.1 with SQL2000 which is install locally on my laptop. I also have access to other development space.Im perfectly happy moving along at the pace I have been but I know in the near future I will need to start using ASP.Net etc.So my question is this.In liu of Visual Studio 2005, I was going to install the Visual Studio Express product to begin expirimenting. Can I use this with my existing SQL2000 installation? Or will I need to install the SQL2005 express product as well? If I do need the newer version, Can SQL2000 and SQL2005xpress exist together in harmony on the same machine?Any assitance would be greatly appreciated.Thank you. |
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jsmith8858
Dr. Cross Join
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Posted - 2007-02-13 : 13:33:30
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| I believe that the limitation of VSExpress2005 in regards to db connectivity is that if you use the designers/wizards to connect to a datasource, it must be SQL Server 2005 Express. Technically, you can write code that will access any datasource, but you won't be able to use wizards. That's what I recall, I may be wrong about that.Overall, I am impressed with the Express products -- they work quite well, and for free you cannot go wrong.- Jeffhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/JeffS |
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