Susan Harkins
harkinsss at bellsouth.net
Sat Feb 11 10:33:22 CST 2006
Also, VB doesn't have a reporting feature like Access. SS 2005 has Reporting Services, but SS Express doesn't. So, is the idea of using VB Express with SQL Server Express for business applications not feasible? =========MS does the usual song and dance that Express products are for amateurs, students, etc -- not business. Does anyone have experience using these products yet? =========Some, and I find them both excellent tools for the right jobs. It'll give an awful lot of power and choices to the average user -- VB Express writes all the code for you -- it's a great tool for the right people. I don't think it's appropriate for heavy design/developers -- but I would certainly consider it -- and then upgrade when necessary, if necessary. I think that small business and small developers are going to find a lot of use for the Express products -- despite MS's insistence that they're toys. On the MS side, I think they know exactly what they're doing -- making this stuff free will ultimately send a lot of people looking for and purchasing more -- eventually. And, it stops the open source critics -- kind of. Susan H.