MSDE Installation Confusion

I recently obtained Visual C++ .NET 2003, and am under the impression that I
have to install MSDE to provide SQL support for applications I write.
Do I need to install SQLServer as well? (None of the documentation I have
read so far says so, but some comments I have read make me want
confirmation).
Regards
Dave
Hi Dave,
If you have SQL Server, you have no need to install the MSDE. The MSDE is
basically a cut-down SQL Server mostly used for deployment with apps where
the client doesn't have SQL Server. For development, you should use the
Developer Edition of SQL Server.
HTH,
Greg Low [MVP]
MSDE Manager SQL Tools
www.whitebearconsulting.com
"Dave Bolt" <dave@.NO_SPAM_PLEASE_davebolt.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I recently obtained Visual C++ .NET 2003, and am under the impression that
>I have to install MSDE to provide SQL support for applications I write.
> Do I need to install SQLServer as well? (None of the documentation I have
> read so far says so, but some comments I have read make me want
> confirmation).
> Regards
> Dave
>
|||Thanks lots for that clarification.
Regards
Dave
"Greg Low [MVP]" <greglow@.lowell.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi Dave,
> If you have SQL Server, you have no need to install the MSDE. The MSDE is
> basically a cut-down SQL Server mostly used for deployment with apps where
> the client doesn't have SQL Server. For development, you should use the
> Developer Edition of SQL Server.
> HTH,
> --
> Greg Low [MVP]
> MSDE Manager SQL Tools
> www.whitebearconsulting.com
> "Dave Bolt" <dave@.NO_SPAM_PLEASE_davebolt.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:usPPlBk5EHA.2012@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>