I would seriously consider SQL Server Express Edition since there
will be tight integration with Visual Studio 2005, and there are many nice
'useability enhancements' (tools, etc).
Ian Thomas
GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia
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From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PRO
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:04 PM
To: MapInfo-L
Subject: MI-L Looking for Alternative MS SQL Server 2000
I heard that Microsoft offers a package for database management called
"MSDB" (?) that is similar to SQL Server, but can be downloaded for
Bill,
There is a package called MSDE, that is essentially SQL Server, but
limited to 2 GB.
Its free with development packages like visual studio, and I think that
you can distribute it for free with your applications. Its been around
for ages. Not completely sure of its licening, but seems
I have heard that MSDE is somewhat limited on the number of multiple users
or size of db. I can't quite recall other than Microsoft in the end wants
to get you up and running on Sequel Server - .
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To: MapInfo-L
Subject: MI-L Looking for Alternative MS SQL Server 2000
I heard that Microsoft offers a package for database management called
"MSDB" (?) that is similar to SQL Server, but can be downloaded for free.
Does anyone know if this is true and where I can get it? And in
I heard that Microsoft offers a package for database management called
"MSDB" (?) that is similar to SQL Server, but can be downloaded for free.
Does anyone know if this is true and where I can get it? And in
particular, will it work with MapXtreme 2004?
- Bill Thoen
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