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re sql server express edition

  • December 27, 2006 at 3:31 am

    #171650

    Hi,

    i have installed sql server 2005 express edition on my server, its working fine, but what i want to know is what you guys think is the difference between sql server express edition which is free compared with standard edition which costs around 70 US $ /month , is there a number of databse limit in MB or total number of databases or number of users that can be created,

    please help

  • December 27, 2006 at 5:32 am

    #680057

    i have found out the solution at microsoft.com it states the maximum size of the database cannot be more than 4Gb

  • December 27, 2006 at 6:51 am

    #680071

    well, that's one bit of it.  You should also read the licence agreement - previously you could only use MSDE (now replaced by Express) if you had a Visual Studio licence or similar licence... This might have changed though!

    SQL Server standard offers other features such as better tools, being able to run profiler, etc.  Perhaps if you tell us the specifics of your situation we might be better able to weigh up the pros and cons of Express vs Standard given the cost.  Cheers

  • December 28, 2006 at 8:45 am

    #680268

    http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/features/compare-features.mspx

  • December 28, 2006 at 8:53 am

    #680271

    hi,

    what i want is to start a hosting company providng windows hosting but providing hosting without sql server is of no use if you are talking windows so i want to start with windows express edition and later as my user base increase i can always shift to standard edition, what do you guys suggest

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