Re: What's My Password?

Huh? SQL Server was written (originally) by Sybase in Berkley California.
Microsoft's version was re-written in Redmond (about 3 miles from this
spot). While "SQL Server" Compact Edition is now being worked on in India,
the rest of the team is here... The SQL Server team is required to work with
the same standards as other Windows teams. While that might not be said for
PowerPoint in the early days, its look and feel has to conform to Microsoft
Windows standards. While the Visual Studio team and the SQL Server team have
a lot of common tasks, I'll agree that their UI elements do not always
commingle very well.

And this is relevant because?

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"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jonathan,

As Bill wrote, you cannot run an Micorosft SQL server without the files
(databases) that manage those.

SQL server is a typical product developed by its own department probably
not in Redmond (Bill knows that exact). You see in Microsoft products
departments who often use the same Microsoft touch and feel and those who
seems wanting to show that the can be sold everyday to another company or
be detached from Microsoft.

The SQL server team is in my idea inside the last category, they use
completely there own standards and so their products are not look a like
to other Microsoft programs. It takes a longer learning time and you are
the first days looking strange to that behaviour, when you are used to it,
you accept it.

Just my expirience with that product.

Cor

"Jonathan Wood" <jwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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Robin,

No, I'm just trying to get you connected at all. Once you've connected
VS2005 to your SQLServer instance, you should be able to connect to
and/or see all of the databases therein.

I'm already able to see all other databases within the IDE (although I
deleted them all today except for the one I'm working with).

I am up and running on my test machine so I appreciate that. I still say
this seems wwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy more complicated than it seems it
needs to be. And it scares me knowing I'll have to start from scratch
when I want to get it running on my Web site server.

I've saved some notes from these conversations. We'll see what happens.

Thanks.

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