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Download: SQL Server 2005 Express Technical Preview

The SQL Server 2005 Express Technical Preview can be downloaded for free now - but you have to install the .NET Framework 2.0 beta package first.

Posted: Jul 18 2004, 09:28 AM by SebastianWeber | with 2 comment(s)

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Senkwe said:

Silly question, we can still access Sql Server Express from .Net 1.1 (e.g. ADO) right?
# July 18, 2004 10:37 AM

Sebastian Weber said:

Yes of course, you are still able to access Sql Server 2005 from .NET Framework 1.1. But you can't develop Sql Server 2005 assemblies - that's a feature of .NET Framework 2.0 which can't be used in VS.NET 2003.
# July 21, 2004 4:14 PM