SQL Server Developer Edition
WoodsieOwl
Framework and Visual Studio from the Microsoft site for free. Yi ha! Only
problem is I'm running XP Home which won't support SQL Server. I'm wondering
if I should buy XP Professional upgrade or Windows 7 Professional.
Bob Barrows
What are your criteria for making your decision?
I'm curious why you chose to post this here instead of one of the sqlserver
groups. This isn't really an asp question, is it. I mean, you don't mention
asp even once ...
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WoodsieOwl
"Bob Barrows" wrote:
> WoodsieOwl wrote:
> > Last year I downloaded for free SQL Server Developer Edition and the
> > .Net Framework and Visual Studio from the Microsoft site for free.
> > Yi ha! Only problem is I'm running XP Home which won't support SQL
> > Server. I'm wondering if I should buy XP Professional upgrade or
> > Windows 7 Professional.
>
> What are your criteria for making your decision?
> I'm curious why you chose to post this here instead of one of the sqlserver
> groups. This isn't really an asp question, is it. I mean, you don't mention
> asp even once ...
>
Ah. The whole point is to write asp.net code using SQL Server data. I
didn't mention that. If you think this belongs on another group, I'll go
there, though.
Bob Barrows
> "Bob Barrows" wrote:
>
>> WoodsieOwl wrote:
>>> Last year I downloaded for free SQL Server Developer Edition and the
>>> .Net Framework and Visual Studio from the Microsoft site for free.
>>> Yi ha! Only problem is I'm running XP Home which won't support SQL
>>> Server. I'm wondering if I should buy XP Professional upgrade or
>>> Windows 7 Professional.
>>
>> What are your criteria for making your decision?
>> I'm curious why you chose to post this here instead of one of the
>> sqlserver groups. This isn't really an asp question, is it. I mean,
>> you don't mention asp even once ...
>>
> Ah. The whole point is to write asp.net code using SQL Server data. I
> didn't mention that. If you think this belongs on another group,
> I'll go there, though.
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There was no way for you to know it (except maybe by browsing through some
of the previous questions in this newsgroup before posting yours - always a
recommended practice) , but this is a classic (COM-based) asp newsgroup.
ASP.Net bears very little resemblance to classic ASP so, while you may be
lucky enough to find a dotnet-knowledgeable person here who can answer your
question, you can eliminate the luck factor by posting your question to a
group where those dotnet-knowledgeable people hang out. I suggest
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet or the forums at www.asp.net.
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What you intend to do with the database has no bearing on your decision as
to what OS to use. Again, you need to explain your criteria. Otherwise no
one will be able to make any recommendations beyond pushing their own
favorite OS which of course, gets you nowhere.
MikeR
FYI -
You cannot upgrade from XP to Windows 7. You must do a clean install. You can upgrade
from Vista.
Mike
Sylvain Lafontaine
fine on XP Home. Did you try it?
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