Getting Started with SQL Express 2008

[Gene Wirchenko]

Hello:

Well, I downloaded it. I think I installed it right, but I do
not know enough to be sure. Now, what?

Can someone please point me to what I need to study to get going?
I do not want a huge list as much as I want a map. What should I
study first?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

[Steen Schlüter Persson]

The first question would be - What do you want to do with it since you
installed it?

A place to get started is to look at Books On Line -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214.aspx
This is the documentation for SQL Server and might not really be the best
place to start, but since we don't know what you want to know it's a start.
Otherwise you can Google for SQL 2008 books and find some books that covers
what you'd like to know.

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Regards
Steen Schlüter Persson (DK)

"Gene Wirchenko" <ge...@ocis.net> wrote in message
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[Gene Wirchenko]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:52:57 +0200, "Steen Schlüter Persson"
<st...@REMOVETHISasavaenget.dk> wrote:

>The first question would be - What do you want to do with it since you
>installed it?

I have an existing app written in Visual FoxPro. We are looking
at migrating the database to SQL Server for more access by other apps.

First, I would like to read the first book about SQL
Server/Express.

>A place to get started is to look at Books On Line -
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214.aspx
>This is the documentation for SQL Server and might not really be the best
>place to start, but since we don't know what you want to know it's a start.
>Otherwise you can Google for SQL 2008 books and find some books that covers
>what you'd like to know.

Well, no. I do not know SQL Server/Express so have no way to
evaluate them.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko