MDAC for development?

  • I am working as a SQL-Server2K developer on a distributed team of a dozen web site developers working in DotNet. We want all users to have the current development (test) database for their use without requiring everyone to buy SQL-Server. How can I convert our SQL-Server database to MDAC for distribution to local developmers ?? The database does use a modest set of tabels, stored procedures, and little else (at this point).

    Thanks for any pointer -

    Alan

  • MDAC is just the data access code, not the storage itself. You could install and use MSDE for the local work, or you could look at getting SQL Dev edition - I think $49 a copy right now (included with MSDN subscription). If you're running under a server license you could also use SQL Personal Edition on developer machines.

    Andy

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/

  • How should a SQL-Server database be copied to an MSDE environment ?? Does MSDE have a restore from SQL-Server capability?

    Thanks

  • Backup and restore, detach and attach. Be aware of the limitation of database size is 2GB in MSDE.

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