Dana, There is no reason you can't run MS SQL Server on your local machine. If you have Office Pro 2000 you already have the desktop version of SQL Server. It's called MSDE and can be installed from the Office Pro disks (you are licensed to use it if you have Access). The only thing that is missing is the tools (Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager, etc...) You can get these tools from anyone that has a SQL Server disk... Also, you can pretty much manage your SQL Server using Access (create an .mdp file that points at your local MSDE installation...). Voilla... You can create views and stored procs through access.
As for groups, check out the Worldwide SQL Server User group (www.sswug.org). They have several lists available and some of the brightest minds in the SQL Server world (as well as MS SQL Server Product managers) that frequent the list. HTH, Jeff Garza -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:14 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: import I am not sure if you are asking me or Jochem (talk about a range of technical expertise! :) ) but my uninformed opinion is that the documentation for both is pretty murky. The new host has a nice front end for mysql which is why I went with that rather than SQL. Also, I dislike relying on m$ and if I really need to I can move mysql to my own computer and use it there, whereas I simply cannot afford SQL server. There is also a pretty helpful mysql user community (#mysql on efnet) even if some tend to play the geekier than thou game. I am not aware of anything similar for SQL server although that could merely be that I am not aware of it. Dana Ben Doom writes: > What do you prefer? > > We use MS SQL 2K here, but are looking into using MySQL for intranet > rollouts, so I'm curious as to your opinion. > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:30 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: import > : > : > : Dana Tierney wrote: > : > > : >And PS, Jochem, thank you for the mysql manual reference, I never > : >would > : >have found it because I was looking under "import" not "load" > : > : Just read it front to back. Even though I very much dislike > : MySQL, I have read large parts of the documentation because I > : anticipate that somebody will force me to use it in the future. > : (I ended up hating MySQL even more.) > : > : Jochem > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
