MSDE ReleaseA

Can i redistribute only osql.exe with my asp.net application
we are using licensed Install Shield for packaging..
we use this osql.exe for creating and setup database...
regards
sahridhayan
hi,
sahridhayan wrote:
> Can i redistribute only osql.exe with my asp.net application
> we are using licensed Install Shield for packaging..
> we use this osql.exe for creating and setup database...
I do not think you can separate oSql.exe from the full MSDE package from a
legal point of view..
but perhaps you've better ask Microsoft representatives...
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.12.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.58.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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|||I'm not sure about MSDE, but if you have a SQL Server license you can
distribute OSQL. Refer to REDIST.TXT for a listing of all the
redistributable components of SQL Server.
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
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> hi,
> sahridhayan wrote:
> I do not think you can separate oSql.exe from the full MSDE package from a
> legal point of view..
> but perhaps you've better ask Microsoft representatives...
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.12.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.58.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||hi,
Desperado wrote:
> I'm not sure about MSDE, but if you have a SQL Server license you can
> distribute OSQL. Refer to REDIST.TXT for a listing of all the
> redistributable components of SQL Server.
>
again, I'm not sure you can "cannibalize" osql.exe that way... of course,
having a full SQL Server licence, you can install the Client Tools, that
include quiet all tools... but this way I'm little skeptic... but I'm not a
lawyer
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.12.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.58.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply

MSDE Environment

Dear all,
i'm new in MSDE, yet, after i'd installed for MSDE ReleaseA which i
get from SQL web site, i realise that I can't run the MSDE without
fully SQL server install, may i know that whether i can run MSDE
without fully SQL SERVER install? if so, how to use it...
pls give me some guide on that, thanks in advance!! :wink:
MSDE IS Sql Server, and does not need full SQL Server installed (otherwise,
why MSDE?). MSDE Download does not come with good document on how to install
it properly for user who does not have experience on SQL Server. I recommend
search MS Knowledge base with key word "MSDE" to get get more detailed
installation guide.
"themafia907" <themafia907@.yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Dear all,
> i'm new in MSDE, yet, after i'd installed for MSDE ReleaseA which i
> get from SQL web site, i realise that I can't run the MSDE without
> fully SQL server install, may i know that whether i can run MSDE
> without fully SQL SERVER install? if so, how to use it...
> pls give me some guide on that, thanks in advance!! :wink:
>
|||Hi
When you run the MSDE Setup, it installs the SQL Server MSDE Edition Engine.
No tools are supplied with MSDE.
Full editions of SQL Server is not required to run MSDE. MSDE is an stripped
down Edition of SQL Server.
What are you trying to achive?
Regards
Mike
"themafia907" wrote:

> Dear all,
> i'm new in MSDE, yet, after i'd installed for MSDE ReleaseA which i
> get from SQL web site, i realise that I can't run the MSDE without
> fully SQL server install, may i know that whether i can run MSDE
> without fully SQL SERVER install? if so, how to use it...
> pls give me some guide on that, thanks in advance!! :wink:
>