Posted by Chris Rennert on 10/01/00 11:40

Greg,

Thank you very much for the Reply, but from a licensing standpoint can
we legally use the DE as a production DB server?? When we purchased
Visual Studio 2k5 Pro, we actually got MSDE 2k5 with it.

Once again, I do appreciate your help, every little bit helps :0)

Chris

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:

> "Chris Rennert" <crennert@new.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:ZoQKf.230$iR1.83@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com...
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We were just getting started on a small project using SQL Server Express
>> on our PC's and we already had SQL Server 2k Enterprise on our main
>> Server. Problem is , we cannot do merge replications between the two.
>> From what i have read this is not possible, but it blows my mind,
>> especially with how new SQL Server 2k5 is, that they would force
>> developers to stick with MSDE 2k, rather than utilize SQL Server Express
>> in order to do a merge replication with SQL SERVER 2k Ent.
>>
>> We want to be able to not only push data from the server to the
>> subscribers, but also allow the subscribers to upload their data to the
>> Publisher.
>>
>> Does anyone else have a solution that we could possibly utilize for this
>> scenario. I'd hate to have to use MSDE if I have Express available to
>> me. Chances of Upgrading to SQL Server 2k5 Ent. are slim to none
>> (typical IT budget in a small company).
>>
>> I appreciate any help anyone could possibly give me.
>
> I can't recall if Express supports Integration services or not. But that
> may be a solution.
>
> And if this is strictly for developers, get the Developer edition which is
> fairly inexpensive and supports all the features.
>
>
>> thanks again,
>>
>> Chris
>
>

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