Posted by Marcin A. Guzowski on 02/09/07 17:18

DanWeaver wrote:
> How can I practice the use of SQL server without changing my
> girlfriends laptop to XP Pro (which anyway I dont have)?
> Using (unfortunately) Windows XP Home not Pro, Visual Studio 2005.
> Trying to learn SQL server with asp, javascript, vbsrcipt and HTML-
> new to this.
> Headbutted the wall for a few hours trying to install SQL Server
> properly. The long and short is no IIS with Win XP Home so doesnt seem
> to work properly. I did manage to connect to Northwinds and publs DB
> so can use them to learn but I need to be able to ceate own database.
> Ie 3 tables.
> For the moment I have created a table in Northwind which I will try to
> fill with data
> from a notepad file I have...
> Dan


Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (AFAIR only Standard and
Developer Edition) can be successfully installed on Windows XP Home
Edition with SP2. However, not all functionality is available in that
case. So you will have to forget about IIS, ASP.NET (and related) unless
you upgrade to Professional Edition.



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Best regards,
Marcin Guzowski
http://guzowski.info

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