Re: SBS 2003 and Sql Server ~ Client Install

As I understand it, in order to use a SQL Server database you have to have
something on the clients in order to use it (some sort of editor?) otherwise
you have to do all the work on the server.

Your reply suggests that we're missing something - a few brain cells perhaps
;-)

Regards
B


"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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What are you trying to install on the client?

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"Boris Merryweather" <xx> wrote in message
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We've been using SBS 2003 R2 Premium Edition for a few years.
We've decided to see what benefits Sql Server might offer us.

The server installation seems okay but we keep failing when we try to
install software on a client. The installation asks for the 25 character
product key. We've input the key that came with the SBS installation disk
but are told that this is the wrong key. Should we have been supplied with
another key specifically for a client install? Any help would be
appreciated.

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TIA
Boris Merryweather


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