Ok I have been slowely - and ever so slowely teaching myself VB.net
Currently I have created an MDB file by code, and added fields to the MDB
file by code.
I like this solution because, ( im assuming ) if I create an EXE and I load
an MDB file, I can
see if certain fields are there, and if not add them.
Kinda like an Update that is imbeded into the EXE, so you dont always have
to create an Install shield.
So... Lets say my goal is to have an application that I would like people to
install somewhere.
Why choose SQL Express over a simple MDB file? ( i have never tried SQL
Express )
1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user would
have to install ontop of my
application install ?
2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now has
been working with
MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL
Express will take its place.
Is this true ?
So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still go
with SQL Express ?
I am knocking my head back and forth on this. And would like to know how i
will create my db's before i start
trying to code an app.
Thank You,
Miro 13 2436
Miro,
In the newsgroup general and adonet is this often asked.
See here one thread of those, it gives you direct the entree to more if you
want. http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1eca691cf65511
I hope you get an idea by this discussion.
Cor
"Miro" <mi******@golde n.net> schreef in bericht
news:eh******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl... Ok I have been slowely - and ever so slowely teaching myself VB.net
Currently I have created an MDB file by code, and added fields to the MDB file by code. I like this solution because, ( im assuming ) if I create an EXE and I load an MDB file, I can see if certain fields are there, and if not add them. Kinda like an Update that is imbeded into the EXE, so you dont always have to create an Install shield.
So... Lets say my goal is to have an application that I would like people to install somewhere. Why choose SQL Express over a simple MDB file? ( i have never tried SQL Express )
1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user would have to install ontop of my application install ?
2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now has been working with MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL Express will take its place. Is this true ?
So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still go with SQL Express ?
I am knocking my head back and forth on this. And would like to know how i will create my db's before i start trying to code an app.
Thank You,
Miro
Thank you Cor,
That is what I needed.
A good read for everyone who is thinking the same thing.
I personally will try now to install SQL Server and see what happens from
here, or how hard it is to learn :)
Thank you again.
Miro
"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:uy******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl... Miro,
In the newsgroup general and adonet is this often asked.
See here one thread of those, it gives you direct the entree to more if you want.
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1eca691cf65511
I hope you get an idea by this discussion.
Cor
"Miro" <mi******@golde n.net> schreef in bericht news:eh******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl... Ok I have been slowely - and ever so slowely teaching myself VB.net
Currently I have created an MDB file by code, and added fields to the MDB file by code. I like this solution because, ( im assuming ) if I create an EXE and I load an MDB file, I can see if certain fields are there, and if not add them. Kinda like an Update that is imbeded into the EXE, so you dont always have to create an Install shield.
So... Lets say my goal is to have an application that I would like people to install somewhere. Why choose SQL Express over a simple MDB file? ( i have never tried SQL Express )
1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user would have to install ontop of my application install ?
2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now has been working with MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL Express will take its place. Is this true ?
So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still go with SQL Express ?
I am knocking my head back and forth on this. And would like to know how i will create my db's before i start trying to code an app.
Thank You,
Miro
> 1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user would have to install ontop of my application install ?
well a lot of people nowadays have a sql express or MSDE instance running
without even knowing it
2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now has been working with MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
if you know for sure all people have Jet oledb installed ( this is not
standard annymore in MDAC since version 2.6 )
okay having office installed will also work :-)
3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL Express will take its place. Is this true ?
In my opinion yes , you could also go for the firebird DB engine wich has
a verry nice .Net API is completely free ( without anny restrictions , and
has even an embedded version ) http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ however
it is not as "friendly" to start with as MSSQL
So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still go with SQL Express ?
This depends on the project for me .
Why would i choose Access ( i prefer the 2000 db ) above sql express
1. small ( i should say smaller ) footprint
2.deployable to all Windows versions inclusive win 9.x
3. security and then i mean the possibility to secure so no one else except
you can access the database
while still having the posibility to use indexes etc etc on the data (
this is done with a workgroup information file , using this technique you
can add user roles and encrypt the database )
by the way i believe the best database there is at this moment is MS SQL
2005 ( SQL Express ) it is only a shame that they forgot that even a
administrator of a system should be restricted access from a db from a
programmers point of view in some situations
Hope to have given you some ideas
regards
Michel Posseth [MCP]
"Miro" <mi******@golde n.net> schreef in bericht
news:eh******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl... Ok I have been slowely - and ever so slowely teaching myself VB.net
Currently I have created an MDB file by code, and added fields to the MDB file by code. I like this solution because, ( im assuming ) if I create an EXE and I load an MDB file, I can see if certain fields are there, and if not add them. Kinda like an Update that is imbeded into the EXE, so you dont always have to create an Install shield.
So... Lets say my goal is to have an application that I would like people to install somewhere. Why choose SQL Express over a simple MDB file? ( i have never tried SQL Express )
1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user would have to install ontop of my application install ?
2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now has been working with MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL Express will take its place. Is this true ?
So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still go with SQL Express ?
I am knocking my head back and forth on this. And would like to know how i will create my db's before i start trying to code an app.
Thank You,
Miro
> it is only a shame that they forgot that even a administrator of a system should be restricted access from a db from a programmers point of view in some situations
LOL
I think you have it backwards from the Administrator's point of view.
Programmers should always be restricted.
Michel Posseth [MCP] wrote: 2005 ( SQL Express ) it is only a shame that they forgot that even a administrator of a system should be restricted access from a db from a programmers point of view in some situations
mdb is crap.
spit on anyone that uses it or tells you to use it.
sql server 2005 express friggin rocks!!!
-Aaron
raibeart wrote: I think you have it backwards from the Administrator's point of view.
Programmers should always be restricted.
Michel Posseth [MCP] wrote: 2005 ( SQL Express ) it is only a shame that they forgot that even a administrator of a system should be restricted access from a db from a programmers point of view in some situations
If I read your comment correctly, if I have MSDE installed, then I can
install an application that uses SQL Express...is this correct? Also, is
MSDE installed with Windows XP Professional automatically? Thanks for any
info you can provide as I am considering switching to SQL Express.
--
Dennis in Houston
"Michel Posseth [MCP]" wrote: 1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user would have to install ontop of my application install ?
well a lot of people nowadays have a sql express or MSDE instance running without even knowing it
2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now has been working with MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
if you know for sure all people have Jet oledb installed ( this is not standard annymore in MDAC since version 2.6 ) okay having office installed will also work :-)
> 3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL Express will take its place. Is this true ?
In my opinion yes , you could also go for the firebird DB engine wich has a verry nice .Net API is completely free ( without anny restrictions , and has even an embedded version ) http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ however it is not as "friendly" to start with as MSSQL
So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still go with SQL Express ?
This depends on the project for me .
Why would i choose Access ( i prefer the 2000 db ) above sql express 1. small ( i should say smaller ) footprint 2.deployable to all Windows versions inclusive win 9.x 3. security and then i mean the possibility to secure so no one else except you can access the database while still having the posibility to use indexes etc etc on the data ( this is done with a workgroup information file , using this technique you can add user roles and encrypt the database )
by the way i believe the best database there is at this moment is MS SQL 2005 ( SQL Express ) it is only a shame that they forgot that even a administrator of a system should be restricted access from a db from a programmers point of view in some situations
Hope to have given you some ideas
regards
Michel Posseth [MCP]
"Miro" <mi******@golde n.net> schreef in bericht news:eh******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl... Ok I have been slowely - and ever so slowely teaching myself VB.net
Currently I have created an MDB file by code, and added fields to the MDB file by code. I like this solution because, ( im assuming ) if I create an EXE and I load an MDB file, I can see if certain fields are there, and if not add them. Kinda like an Update that is imbeded into the EXE, so you dont always have to create an Install shield.
So... Lets say my goal is to have an application that I would like people to install somewhere. Why choose SQL Express over a simple MDB file? ( i have never tried SQL Express )
1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user would have to install ontop of my application install ?
2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now has been working with MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL Express will take its place. Is this true ?
So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still go with SQL Express ?
I am knocking my head back and forth on this. And would like to know how i will create my db's before i start trying to code an app.
Thank You,
Miro
I did like the point that was made that the Access mdb can have a password
so only your program can access it.
The SQL Express i am assuming cannot have a password on it so data can be
viewd from everywhere.
Maybe my solution will be to use both.
I will try SQL Express / Light... and see how it goes. Can someone please
confirm / tell me who does use SQL Express
or Light -> Is there a way to secure the DB so only the program can access
/ view the database.
Thanks
Miro
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:A4******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... If I read your comment correctly, if I have MSDE installed, then I can install an application that uses SQL Express...is this correct? Also, is MSDE installed with Windows XP Professional automatically? Thanks for any info you can provide as I am considering switching to SQL Express. -- Dennis in Houston
"Michel Posseth [MCP]" wrote:
> 1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user > would > have to install ontop of my > application install ?
well a lot of people nowadays have a sql express or MSDE instance running without even knowing it
> 2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now > has > been working with > MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ?
if you know for sure all people have Jet oledb installed ( this is not standard annymore in MDAC since version 2.6 ) okay having office installed will also work :-)
> 3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL > Express will take its place. > Is this true ?
In my opinion yes , you could also go for the firebird DB engine wich has a verry nice .Net API is completely free ( without anny restrictions , and has even an embedded version ) http://firebird.sourceforge.net/ however it is not as "friendly" to start with as MSSQL
> So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still > go > with SQL Express ?
This depends on the project for me .
Why would i choose Access ( i prefer the 2000 db ) above sql express 1. small ( i should say smaller ) footprint 2.deployable to all Windows versions inclusive win 9.x 3. security and then i mean the possibility to secure so no one else except you can access the database while still having the posibility to use indexes etc etc on the data ( this is done with a workgroup information file , using this technique you can add user roles and encrypt the database )
by the way i believe the best database there is at this moment is MS SQL 2005 ( SQL Express ) it is only a shame that they forgot that even a administrator of a system should be restricted access from a db from a programmers point of view in some situations
Hope to have given you some ideas
regards
Michel Posseth [MCP]
"Miro" <mi******@golde n.net> schreef in bericht news:eh******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP05.phx.gbl... > Ok I have been slowely - and ever so slowely teaching myself VB.net > > Currently I have created an MDB file by code, and added fields to the > MDB > file by code. > I like this solution because, ( im assuming ) if I create an EXE and I > load an MDB file, I can > see if certain fields are there, and if not add them. > Kinda like an Update that is imbeded into the EXE, so you dont always > have > to create an Install shield. > > So... Lets say my goal is to have an application that I would like > people > to install somewhere. > Why choose SQL Express over a simple MDB file? ( i have never tried > SQL > Express ) > > 1. As I am assuming...SQL express is a second install that a user > would > have to install ontop of my > application install ? > > 2. MDB files would be easier to work with because everyone till now > has > been working with > MDB files so any help required is easier to get to ? > > 3. People have told me MDB files will slowely be processed out and SQL > Express will take its place. > Is this true ? > > So if you were to write an application from scratch. Would you still > go > with SQL Express ? > > I am knocking my head back and forth on this. And would like to know > how > i will create my db's before i start > trying to code an app. > > Thank You, > > Miro > >
Well here we go again
what if the data makes the value for your program ???
in my previuous job i was a catalogue programmer for the Automotive
aftermarket http://www.nohausystems.com/ ( company i worked for )
you also have http://www.tecdoc.com http://www.alldata.com/ http://www.aldoc.nl/main.html
etc etc etc
They all do basicly the same thing , hundreds of people are gathering this
information worldwide for different company`s
they difference by the quality of there gathered data ( it is nice to see
that a ordered part actually fits on the right car )
So you understand that no one should be able to see the internall data
structure etc etc , this is giving the actuall value to the program that
is why thousands of shop`s buy these programs ( believe me this is big
business ) .
So no , i did not make a mistake sometimes you want data to be accessible
only by your program ( all the above company`s protect there data ,,
believe me i tried :-) )
regards
Michel Posseth
"raibeart" <ra******@gmail .com> schreef in bericht
news:11******** **************@ c74g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com.. . I think you have it backwards from the Administrator's point of view.
Programmers should always be restricted.
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