>Thanks-
>Is SQL Server Dev Edition and MSDE the same thing. I thought it was- then I read something about MSDE and SQl Dev Edition being 2 different products. I have 3 copies of MSDE from VS, VFPn thru 9, etc. I just spent 2 weeks working with .Net and Foxpro data- with an eye towards a little migration- boy it doesn't seem to like the Fox at all. I get all sorts of extra quotes in the form code- and after cleaning it up it still doesn't seem to work right. Is this normal?
>By the way, I took your Inno seminar at the last GLGDW and am using it for installations- great product. Those are starting to look like the good old days.
>Bill

Bill,
They're not. You can think of it as:
"MSDE is runtime only version - with some limitations on size, connections.."
"SQL Server developer edition is MSSQL with IDE - full blown SQL server with tools included"
You could workaround MSDE tools problem with tools available on internet but not worth the effort. To me an SQL server developer with only MSDE is like someone trying to find his way in darkness.
Yes, it doesn't look like Fox:)
I didn't understand the rest, maybe with specific samples and questions we could help better.
PS: If you'd still go MSDE way download SSE instead (SQL Server Express 2005) from msdn.microsoft.com/sql. It's like MSDE but limits increased, more support, new commands... (and tutorials are bonuses).
Cetin