Appalled at the depth of my ignorance on this subject and the massive confusion apparent in my previous question, I delved back into Gary's book on Client Server development to read again and yet again about MSDE and I began to realize the MSDE does not lend itself to simple anything when it comes to distribution. ( The caveats regarding registry keys from previously installed SQL Server etc. alone are enough to make me believe there could be no remote distribution and it is definitely not something I would EVER want to talk any of my users through over the phone )
This is indeed a whole new world, and I have to say I don't like it one bit < s >.
Anyway, I do realize that the simple-mindedness of the previous question probably does not lend itself to an answer, so my feeling won't be hurt if no one wants to waste time on it < bg >
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- Thomas Hardy
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-- T. S. Eliot
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