> OK, so it looks like for what I need (a SQL server on my > local development machine -- my 120 eval is about to expire, > and I've really started to dig SQL Server), I need the > developers edition. This costs $500. > > With this, I could, if I wanted -- in addition to my usual > CF-based development -- create distributable applications? > > Like let's say I have a client -- ok, I do have such a client > -- who doesn't want to access the Internet for inventory updates, > but wants to do it off line. Could I create a run-time > application that I could install on his Win98 machine with > nothing else to install (such as his own copy of Access or > SQL Server)?
You could do that, but not with SQL Server Developer Edition, which is simply a variation on the regular SQL Server product with a limited license for development use only. There's nothing in it that you could redistribute, in any case. If you want to build applications in, say, Visual Basic or VC++, that are local desktop-database interfaces, you can redistribute the Access runtime or MSDE with your applications - that's what they're for. You could develop your application against SQL Server Developer Edition, then distribute it with MSDE, for example. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
