SQL Express is free to download and gives you the data engine. But it does not give you the management tools (i.e. SSMS or what us old guys refer to as Enterprise Manager) or the other bells & whistles mentioned by Stephen.
-- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 1:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] How cheap is it to get SQL Server Developer? VERY Its quite a coincidence that you should bring this up today - since I just got the offer for the new job - doing VFP work - but, the back-end for the most part is MS SQL. They have some smaller DBF's that haven't been converted to MS SQL yet - but, most of the data has been. So - I'm curious. Isn't there an MS SQL Express - that's Free to download? Although - I suspect that Free Express version doesn't have the "bells and whistles" you referred to - like SSRS and the other stuff (all acronyms that I have NO Idea what they mean!). Just curious - as I may now seriously look into downloading the Express version. L8r, -K- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cy1pr10mb02187d3bfcafc0c8fbe8cb4ad2...@cy1pr10mb0218.namprd10.prod.outlook.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
