Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - Why SQL Server 2005 Express? http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - Why SQL Server 2005 Express? http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:09 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:09 GMT Rev9 4 -4 -1 Tech Off - Why SQL Server 2005 Express? I don't understand the integration model for VS 2008 here. I have VS 2008 Pro that comes bundled with SQL Server 2005, but when I 'Add New Item' -> 'Service-based Database', it gives me an error saying SQL Server is not setup properly. Clicking on the help button redirects me to this page. Which explains that I have to have SQLServer 2005 Express for this to work properly.... Why? This is utterly non-sense to me.

For info, I've tried setting up VS 2008 in Tools->Options->Database Tools->Data Connections->SQL Server Instance Name with various combinations without luck. I even checked the appropriate value using the server explorer and SQL Server Management Studio.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/486959#486959 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:22:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/486959#486959 punkouter 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/punkouter/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Why SQL Server 2005 Express? Hi, there are two things....

one is that when the visual studio try create your project, him could be looking for the installation register of the sql server expression, and not found the register and show you the error.... you can map this register using Performance Monitor and add this register to fool the visual studio.

 

The other one is that you trying to create one service database. One thing that works with mdf file accessed only through servers... so this moment does no interest to visual studio that your compute has the sql server engine installed on.. for him just matter that the machine have the sql server expression, to him load all objects needs to create the service-basead database.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/7268df7ae5a9440fa4069deb00086a5c#7268df7ae5a9440fa4069deb00086a5c Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:50:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/7268df7ae5a9440fa4069deb00086a5c#7268df7ae5a9440fa4069deb00086a5c Dobereiner Miller Silva Rodrigues 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dobereiner/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Why SQL Server 2005 Express? SQL 2008 was released several months after VS 2005 (much to my indignation I might add). If I am honest, there is no reason to still use 2005, unless you have as live project [which you wouldn't typically on express]

 

The best advice I can give you is, to download and install SQL Express 2008 here

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/8dc1e7bfe87d4236a48b9deb00086a86#8dc1e7bfe87d4236a48b9deb00086a86 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:50:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/8dc1e7bfe87d4236a48b9deb00086a86#8dc1e7bfe87d4236a48b9deb00086a86 Vesuvius 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/vesuvius/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Why SQL Server 2005 Express? I'd say if the project you are trying to do is not that big, XML may take out much of the SQL hassle plus rule out the need of SQl Server all together. Just .NET will be used. You can use the System.Xml.Linq library or take a look at one of projects here: http://borgdylan.web.officelive.com/LinqXmlDatadll.aspx and modify as required 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/f121f46fb4f4411d95159deb00086aae#f121f46fb4f4411d95159deb00086aae Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:19:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/486959-Why-SQL-Server-2005-Express/f121f46fb4f4411d95159deb00086aae#f121f46fb4f4411d95159deb00086aae Dylan Borg 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Borgdylan/Discussions/RSS