>>>> file-server oriented subset of SQL Server;
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>>>Did I read this correctly? MSDE will run on a file server? Netware too?
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>>MSDE runs locally - the files can reside on any type of server. MSDE does not run on the server; it accesses files from there.
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>< slaps foreheard > I thought it required NT server like SQL does. I have got to try it out then.

Evan,

I've got a local copy of SQL Server running on my Win98 box. While it doesn't have all the features that SQL Server running on NT/W2K does, it does allow me to design and work directly against SQL Server when there's no network available.