[AccessD] ADPs in the future

Just in passing concerning future design
about ADP's from Access 2003 on down that will not play fair with SQL 
Server 2005 Express (replacement for MSDE).

 Re: Access 2002 and SQL Express
 From:  "Mary Chipman [MSFT]" <mchip at online.microsoft.com> Sent:  
8/20/2004 11:30:58 AM

You will not be able to use any of the designers with SQLS 2005
databases, whether it's SQL Express or the Developer edition. IOW, you
won't be able to create databases, tables, views or any other database
objects from an ADP. The only support that is envisioned is that you
will be able to connect an Access front-end to a SQLS 2005 back end if
it is running in SQLS 2000 compatibility mode, so your forms, reports
and other local Access objects should still run. There is no service
pack or quick fix being planned as far as I know because of the amount
of work it would entail. If you stop to think about it, it's pretty
hard to see how accomodating new Yukon features like CLR assemblies
and complex data types in the ADP designers could be achieved without
a complete rewrite.

--Mary Chipman

-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada