SQL Express 1

[murzina]

Is it necessary to use SQL Express or SQL Server in Visual Studio 2008 is sufficient to create a database on a laptop? If SQL Express is necessary, then what version is appropriate and where can I download it?

 

[jbenson001]

YOu can use what ever database you want. Visual Studio is just an IDE and does not dictate what you can and cannot use, the comes in with the .NET framework, however I don't know of any db you cannot use.

You can download SQLExpress for free from Microsoft.

 

[jmeckley]

isn't VS using SqlExpress as the default db server? I use either sqlite or sqlexpress for development and testing. for production we are running Sql Server 2000.

with data access frameworks like ActiveRecord, NHibernate, LLBL the code is db egnositic. I can change db's without modifying any code.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[jbenson001]

isn't VS using SqlExpress as the default db server?

It's not a default DB perse, but it will use SQLExpress internally for some things like webparts etc.