[dba-SQLServer]SQL Server Dev Without SQL Server?

90% of what you do using MSDE will work on any edition of sql server.
In fact, if you have multiple instances of MSDE all 100% will work
(except for clustering capabilities).

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From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ron
Allen
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:33 AM
To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-SQLServer]SQL Server Dev Without SQL Server?


Does the SQl Server desktop engine exactly duplicate the 
functionality of full-blown SQL Server? I want to develop 
apps for SQL Server backends, but will not have SQL Server 
available during development. I need to be able to design 
databases and write code, then be able to re-create or 
migrate the databases to SQL Server and point my apps at 
the actual database for production. Is this a feasible 
approach, or do I need to find a way to get the full-blown 
SQL Server package to work with?

Thanks for any advice/pointers/information.

Ron Allen
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