"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
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> John Sheppard (nospam@spamspam.com) writes:
>> ic! Thats what I want!
>>
>> Now you're gonna tell me that it doesnt come with SQL Server Express,
>> right?
>> Im pretty sure it doesnt as theyre not there....
>
> Correct. Profiler does not come with SQL 2005 Express. But I think the
> server-side trace routines does. But admittedly they are a lot more
> difficult to use on their own.
>
> Now, the price tag for a license of Developer Edition is around 50 USD,
> and since you are doing this for development, that would be sufficient for
> you.
>
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> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
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> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx

Ic...hmm I think I have a developer edition already...we have an action pack
subscription....its a full job in itself just wading through all that
liscencing stuff....we have a full enterprise copy of sql server that came
with it....Im pretty sure we're not liscenced to use that tho

Im sure Im not the only one that gets frustrated with the ridiculous
complexity of liscencing tho...I seem to do everything BUT write code...

Installing sql express already broke my visual studio once...not keen to
repeat that...k im really frustrated right now...

Thanks man, Ill look into the developer edition when im little more calm,
see where that takes me
John