I have no clue about what comes in deluxe learning editions... thankfully i
got myself a bargain on msdn professional subscription.
But if you have the 2003 release then it doesnt come with SQL Desktop
engine. You can download it here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
Before you say anything... its free.... and please help yourself.
Well it installs totally different components well it depends on your
learning editions... VS.NET as such is just a single entity with compliers
and libraries for different languages.
Your learning editions can as well be two standalone entities.
Well no you wont have all your components of previous installation over
written. If there are any newer version they then they are copied as well..
with .NET you have something called side by side execution. ie if one
program requires version 1.9 and other required 2.0 and both will be kept on
your system. The installer should take care of that
HTH
HD
"Curt Emich" <ce****@comcast.net> wrote in message
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I recently bought a copy of Visual C#.NET Deluxe Learning addition. I was
under the impression that this comes with SQL Server Desktop Engine. I
installed everything I should have (I think), but when I type the commands
to grant access to SQL at the DOS prompt, it tells me that SQL Server
doesn't exist. The actual error message reads as follows:
[DBMSLCPN]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
[DBMSLCPN]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).
The problem might be that I also bought a learning addtion of Visual
Basic.NET, and it told me it was installing "different" components than
those already installed. However, I have two DIFFERENT installations of
the .NET framework now; one that allows for C# development and one that allows
for VB development. I can't imagine that ALL components were overwritten.
I suppose I could re-install C# and hope for the best. Does anyone out
there have any experience with this?
Thanks in advance for your help.