Well, in a way my questions are being answered.

Our help desk and DBAs have been trying to get SQL Server Express running on my workstation for 3 days now. No joy.

"Gee", they say. "We haven't seen this before. We've installed on other developer boxes with no problems."

So I guess we'll continue to look into testing with SQL Server Express, but this does not fill me with confidence. If they have trouble getting it to run on a corporate WS in a known environment I don't know what to expect out in the 'wilds'.

>I have not heard of any issues running SQL Server Express. I know there were problems getting the prior version, MSDE tp install. One of the main reasons for the new version was to make installation far easier.
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>I think there are far, far fewer problems with having the data in SQL then in VFP. I had a job for a couple yrs simply because there was a VFP system running on computers in 30 or so countries. And someone had to help with all the data corruption issues.
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>I would check some SQL Server sites to see what kind of issues are being reported with SQL Express.
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>>>We have clients who can't keep a simple Windows network running, and we're supposed to trust them to run a SQL-Server (no matter which kind)? The prospect scares me.
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>>>Dan
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>>Me too!
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>>Bruce