MSDE Will Not Run on VISTA

[Hack]

Interesting article for those of you using MSDE.

[Al42]

Remind me what the positive reasons to switch to Vista are, again? (Aside from the pain, I mean.)

[techgnome]

byte me... take your D.O.S. manuals and diskettes and leve the rest of us alone...

[ComputerJy]

Remind me what the positive reasons to switch to Vista are, again? (Aside from the pain, I mean.)

take a look at the good sides of SQL 2005 Express:
* Increased DB Size to 4GB
* Removal of workload governor
* Better integration with Visual Studio
* Free integrated Management Tool; SQL Server Management Studio Express
* SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

[szlamany]

That article is a bit vague - some of the posts on the link indicate that it will run but is not supported - like many old products that fall out of support.

But the flip side of that is many products use MSDE - BackupExec, Sony Vegas Video editing app I have, PC-based phone systems that my customers have - I'm sure it's popping up all over the place.

Just another thing to try to keep clear while upgrading and supporting new installations

[litlewiki]

szlamany ,would using MySql solve the above mentioned problems ??.I'm saying that because its(MySql) backward compatible and doesnt have such product lifecycles as microsoft has .Also its compatible with other platforms and lightweight too(compared to Oracle and the like...)

[szlamany]

I'm a small company - and I would only ever use MS SQL products for backend DB's.

I would imagine that Sony and Symantec (BackupExec people) probably feel the same way.

My customers want to use MS products - and I cannot argue that point from them.

[mendhak]

szlamany ,would using MySql solve the above mentioned problems ??.I'm saying that because its(MySql) backward compatible and doesnt have such product lifecycles as microsoft has .Also its compatible with other platforms and lightweight too(compared to Oracle and the like...)

There is SQL Express, you know?

You could use any database server in fact, just not MSDE as it seems.

[litlewiki]

yes mendhak, you are absolutely correct.I am just trying to think from a developers point of view.that is i would always choose a dbms that has a decent life cycle and can also be easily ported across different envrionments and stuff like that .Ofcourse the customers demands/requirements shuld also be kept in view.

[szlamany]

i would always choose a dbms that has a decent life cycle and can also be easily ported across different envrionments and stuff like that.

Do you really feel that mySql has a more respectable life-cycle over a MS product like MS SQL Server?

Do you sell products now that utilize mySql and do you find that the platforms they get implemented on are varied? I'm curious - looking for some details.

[litlewiki]

heyy no, i'm still a student and i have no such professional experience or anything ,but i have worked with Access,MySql and Oracle of which i found Mysql to be more easier to manage and work with.My arguments are based on that fact!

[szlamany]

Once you go MS SQL server you never go back

Thanks for the answer!

[techgnome]

heyy no, i'm still a student and i have no such professional experience or anything ,but i have worked with Access,MySql and Oracle of which i found Mysql to be more easier to manage and work with.My arguments are based on that fact!

And I have the completely opposite experience.... so far SQL Server (and SQL EXpress) have been far eaier to work with than mySQL....

But it's also all relative.

-tg

[litlewiki]

well ,you guys are undoubtedly more experienced and talented than me,so it would be wise not to go into further discussion.
I have no experience with mssql or sql express but neway thanks for the insight !

[mendhak]

Oracle difficult to manage? I can believe that.

[RobDog888]

Once you go MS SQL server you never go back ...

Oh the pun, but your post is sooo true.

[penagate]

I have used both and I prefer MySQL but hey whatever works. Don't forget PostgreSQL which is also free and apparently provides more enterprise-level features than MySQL.

SQL Server is useful if you need a pretty GUI to do things.