I received a copy of VB.NET 2003 standard from Microsoft as part of a
promotion by viewing ASP.NET webcasts. Included was an ASP training CD and
"ASP.NET Programming with Visual Basic.NET" by G. Andrew Duthie.
From all I can tell it is a full *standard* version.... not something
gimped. Yet when I try creating a data connection and point it to SQL Server
a message comes back telling me that it is ".....unable to connect and that
this version of Visual Studio can only use the SQL Server Desktop Edition and
MS Access as data sources....".
What?!?!?!!?
They sent me this copy with training materials that are using full SQL
Server databases, not desktop editions. So I cant use the software they
provide to actually *do* the exercises?
Perhaps this is a bug? Perhaps I am doing something wrong? Can anyone help
me out?
As a side note, I reveiwed the VB.Net 2003 product page and looked at their
comparison between the standard and professional versions and nowhere can I
find it saying that you can only connect to SQL Server DE and MS Access with
the standard edition. In fact it is even misleading because it says you can
upgrade old vb apps with the standard edition.... what they should have said
is that you can upgrade old database apps as long as they use SQL Server DE
or MS Access as a datasource!
Any help, advice, clarification and direction would be greatly appreciated!!
Dec
