William Vaughn
9/10/2007 4:54:00 PM
SQL Server.
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"Jonathan Wood" <jwood@softcircuits.com> wrote in message
news:eSDzZO28HHA.4432@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Developer Edition of ... ?
>
> Jonathan
>
> "William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@betav.com> wrote in message
> news:50FE7FD1-0BB2-48B0-8B46-6E530689FE30@microsoft.com...
>> Perhaps, but I would invest in the Developer Edition (about $35 US) which
>> has all the tools you'll ever need.
>>
>> hth
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>> ____________________________________
>> William (Bill) Vaughn
>> Author, Mentor, Consultant
>> Microsoft MVP
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>> www.betav.com/blog/billva
>> www.betav.com
>> Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> __________________________________
>> Visit www.hitchhikerguides.net to get more information on my latest book:
>> Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition)
>> and Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (EBook)
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>> "Jonathan Wood" <jwood@softcircuits.com> wrote in message
>> news:ur9J79z8HHA.5404@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> William,
>>>
>>>> AFAIK there is no such thing as an "ASP.NET" database. ASP.NET is an
>>>> application paradigm--a way of writing browser-UI-based applications.
>>>> The real question is, can a database engine like MySQL function
>>>> adequately from such an application.
>>>
>>> My apologies for sloppy terminology.
>>>
>>>> Now if you wanted to move the data in the MySQL database to be
>>>> accessible by another (like SQL Server Express) a "large" 55MB database
>>>> would entail using SQL Server Integration Services, DTS or BCP (all do
>>>> about the same thing with different interfaces) to transport the data.
>>>> The SQL queries you use to access it would also require conversion (not
>>>> a simple job in of itself).
>>>
>>> Okay, so basically it involves some technologies I don't understand, and
>>> the query would still need to be converted. Perfect.
>>>
>>>> Incidentally, 55MB (or 550MB) is a relatively small database in SQL
>>>> Server terms--miniscule actually.
>>>
>>> Yes, yes--that really wasn't the point of my post. It's large enough
>>> that I don't want to type it in. And, given the long line lengths, it's
>>> long enough to bring SQL Server Management Studio Express pretty much to
>>> it's knees.
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
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