>> you just can't beat the SQL Server client tools for ease of use. I gotta echo that!
painful work on MySQL 4...! What rubbish! and the (lack of: decent, searchable) docs... ... bloody java tools on windows... drivers... postgreSQL sounds real interesting... >> full ANSI SQL compliance very helpful. cheers barry.b -----Original Message----- From: Mark Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 4 July 2003 9:05 PM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Australian price of SQL Server 2000 Developer license >I was thinking of using SQL Server 2000 as a backend for ColdFusion >pages as a result of the price drop. you could just cut the licensing costs entirely and use the free MS Data Engine (aka SQL Server Desktop Edition). It's SQL Server with some limitations, each database has a max size of 2GB and max of 5 concurrent connections, which lets face it is gonna be fine for most small scale web development. You should be able to use the same ODBC and JDBC drivers as you would with the enterprise edition of SQL Server and you can use Access, Visual Studio or SQL Server Enterprise Manager as GUIs. Nice! >Though I've already downloaded >a copy of PostgreSQL. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the threat from Postgres was a major consideration for MS when they decided to release a free version of SQL Server. No limits like MSDE, nearest thing to full ANSI SQL compliance you're going to find, native windows version on the way, very reliable in my experience. All the same, you just can't beat the SQL Server client tools for ease of use. Mark --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
