Which to install first, VSTO or SS 2005 Developer??

[tlyczko]

I have Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) and the SS 2005 Developer
that comes with it, all of which I can install on my local XP box.

1. Which one do I install first, VSTO or SS 2005 Developer??

2. Regardless of which one is installed first, what's the best way
after that to move or copy database objects like tables, queries,
reports, etc. from the XP/developer box to an SS 2005 Server??

Thank you, Tom

[Erland Sommarskog]

tlyczko (tl*****@gmail.com) writes:

I have Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) and the SS 2005 Developer
that comes with it, all of which I can install on my local XP box.

1. Which one do I install first, VSTO or SS 2005 Developer??

It should matter, I think, but I would install SQL Server first.

2. Regardless of which one is installed first, what's the best way
after that to move or copy database objects like tables, queries,
reports, etc. from the XP/developer box to an SS 2005 Server??

Depends on what the purpose of the copying is, but assuming that the
other box is a production machine, it is my opinion that all source
code should be under version control, and all deployment should be
performed from the version-control system.
--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx