Once again I'm not 100% sure about this.... but the MSDE has a 2gig limit. This is not per table, it's total...and of course what you've already mentioned about having all the administrative tools.
I guess it's supposed to allow us to do a more practical job of testing & developing....

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>I'm trying to figure where it fit in the mix. It seem to be more along the lines of MSDE, but with all the administrative tools of the full MS SQL. Is its strictly for development of applications and to be used as a learning tool. How is it different from the free MSDE?
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>LelandJ