How can I practice the use of SQL server without changing my
girlfriends laptop to XP Pro (which anyway I dont have)?
Using (unfortunately) Windows XP Home not Pro, Visual Studio 2005.
Trying to learn SQL server with asp, javascript, vbsrcipt and HTML-
new to this.
Headbutted the wall for a few hours trying to install SQL Server
properly. The long and short is no IIS with Win XP Home so doesnt seem
to work properly. I did manage to connect to Northwinds and publs DB
so can use them to learn but I need to be able to ceate own database.
Ie 3 tables.
For the moment I have created a table in Northwind which I will try to
fill with data
from a notepad file I have...
Dan

DanWeaver wrote:
> How can I practice the use of SQL server without changing my
> girlfriends laptop to XP Pro (which anyway I dont have)?
> Using (unfortunately) Windows XP Home not Pro, Visual Studio 2005.
> Trying to learn SQL server with asp, javascript, vbsrcipt and HTML-
> new to this.
> Headbutted the wall for a few hours trying to install SQL Server
> properly. The long and short is no IIS with Win XP Home so doesnt seem
> to work properly. I did manage to connect to Northwinds and publs DB
> so can use them to learn but I need to be able to ceate own database.
> Ie 3 tables.
> For the moment I have created a table in Northwind which I will try to
> fill with data
> from a notepad file I have...
> Dan


Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (AFAIR only Standard and
Developer Edition) can be successfully installed on Windows XP Home
Edition with SP2. However, not all functionality is available in that
case. So you will have to forget about IIS, ASP.NET (and related) unless
you upgrade to Professional Edition.



--
Best regards,
Marcin Guzowski
http://guzowski.info

Thanks Marcin,

I have installed SQL server 2005 express a little while ago but
assumed it wasnt working properly - see my new post- glad that it
might work with this system :-)

D

On Feb 9, 12:18 pm, "Marcin A. Guzowski"
<tu_wstaw_moje_i...@guzowski.info> wrote:
> DanWeaver wrote:
> > How can I practice the use of SQL server without changing my
> > girlfriends laptop to XP Pro (which anyway I dont have)?
> > Using (unfortunately) Windows XP Home not Pro, Visual Studio 2005.
> > Trying to learn SQL server with asp, javascript, vbsrcipt and HTML-
> > new to this.
> > Headbutted the wall for a few hours trying to install SQL Server
> > properly. The long and short is no IIS with Win XP Home so doesnt seem
> > to work properly. I did manage to connect to Northwinds and publs DB
> > so can use them to learn but I need to be able to ceate own database.
> > Ie 3 tables.
> > For the moment I have created a table in Northwind which I will try to
> > fill with data
> > from a notepad file I have...
> > Dan
>
> Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 (AFAIR only Standard and
> Developer Edition) can be successfully installed on Windows XP Home
> Edition with SP2. However, not all functionality is available in that
> case. So you will have to forget about IIS, ASP.NET (and related) unless
> you upgrade to Professional Edition.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Marcin Guzowskihttp://guzowski.info