[AccessD] ADPs in the future

CLR is the common language runtime, the lingua franca that managed code
is compiled into in VS.Net.  They would have to rewrite the ADP
designers to speak .Net, and that apparently is not in the works.

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:47 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] ADPs in the future


Hi Marty

Though I haven't played with the "Express" versions, this sounds
interesting. I have, however, no idea why "CLR assemblies and complex
data types" would require a complete rewrite, so could you please spell
out for SQL 2005 dummies like me, what this message means?

What I read is that an Access ADP cannot - and will not be able to -
work with SQL 2005 ... I guess "SQLS 2000 compatibility mode" is not
something you can turn on and off but something you choose at
installation time.

/gustav


> 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

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