Alan Bourke wrote:
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:50:06 -0400, "Ed Leafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
The catch, of course, is that they make it easy to develop SQL
Server apps in VB or C#. So you get a Visual Studio sale, and all its
licensing, along with the SQL Server licenses. VFP works just as
easily with non-Microsoft databases, so that's a double whammy: loss
of both VS and MSS license sales.
There's always the alternative of using open source SharpDevelop
(http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/) instead of VS, for WinForms
apps at any rate. You could use SQL Server Express for the database for
<10 users.
But you're right - VS2005 is heavily SQL Server-centric when it comes to
easy data layer stuff - you can certainly use other database backends
but you'll be doing a lot more hand-rolling of data layer.
I use Sharp Develop exclusively for developing C# apps, it is really a
very nice IDE. I have also used the *MySQL Connector/Net* and it rocks.
--
It's all relative
Eugene Vital
Karibe Inc.
570.655.4585 x1003
570.650.8613
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