[dba-VB] Actually a C# Question

Hi Arthur

That is correct.

What I tried to point out is the trouble carrying one version of an app and its local intrinsic data stored in SQLEXPRESS to another workstation and the local instance of SQLEXPRESS at that station. These data has nothing to do with the user data the app controls; these can be stored anywhere, including the local SQLEXPRESS.

/gustav


>>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 09-02-2012 16:50 >>>
I think perhaps the point is being missed here. AFAICT, LS uses Express for
its own purposes, and leaves you free to hook up the resulting app to a
real SQL Server just by changing the connection string.

A.

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:18 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:

> And so...
>
> We wait for LightSwitch to grow up.  ;)
>
> Obviously it is unusable (or barely usable) as you pointed out if it can't
> handle using a full SQL Server instance for its data store instead of
> requiring an Express instance.
>
> Perhaps when it grows up it will handle using a non-express instance?