>>>Marcia I gave that a try - I ad to install the full version of visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 - I was getting so bogged down in installing new software that i gave up in the end - is there a simple way of trialling strataframe?
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>>>I have the live version of StrataFrame running with SQL Server 2005. This is the issue with frameworks - they all make assumptions.
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>>Any idea where I can get SQL Server 2005 from - if I install 2008 then I need visual Studio 2008 and so it goes on
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>>Thanks for your help
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>http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=220549B5-0B07-4448-8848-DCC397514B41&displaylang=en
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>PS: It is better to install 2008 IMHO. If you install 2008 after 2005 you might encounter problems (nothing serious but annoying at least).
>Cetin

Thanks Cetin - I'll bear that in mind