>>The following extract is from the 21 May issue of TechWeb... anyone knows what it is? The 2GB size limit seems very familiar...
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>>"At its TechEd developer conference next week, Microsoft will unveil a new database engine intended to give developers a convenient way to scale small database applications to enterprise systems running under Microsoft's SQL Server 7.0 or SQL Server Enterprise 7.0.
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>>Called Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE), the component, which will be available next week, supports up to 2 gigabytes of data. It will be free for licensed users of Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, and will ship with Office 2000's Access 2000, the forthcoming version of Microsoft's desktop database. Office 2000 officially ships June 7. "
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>>The link is
>>http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990521S0011
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>It's a downscaled version of sql server. The 2 GB limit has nothing to do with the same vfp limitation.


Thanks for the info! I have been "away" for the last three weeks, and missed an earlier thread on MSDE.

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