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  • September 16, 2012 at 3:17 pm

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    lonhanner (9/16/2012)

    I have a client to whom I am writing a database program for in vb.net 2010 express. They currently have an ACCESS 2010 database on their server share dir. It has 6 tables and several query. i would like to use sql, but they cannot afford SQL SERVER full ver. They also have 3 users. There are over 8000 records in the main detail table. I have several questions:

    1-Can I use SQL EXPRESS 2008. If so, do I have to install sql express on the server and workstations.

    2-Should I install .net4

    3- Can I use in ACCESS, and migrate the data to a new sql database.

    How many connections to the database do you expect at any one time and to what size do you expect the database to grow?

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)