Australian Rules Football.

We're stats mad over here. Especially with the different types of possesions (gets vs. hard-ball gets).

No probs.

1. The .NET Framework 1.1 (which really includes ASP.NET) is a free download from Microsoft. In fact, both the runtime and the SDK are free (it's the IDE...

I wouldn't say that the 2003 tools are "all but dead". There is a ton of stuff out there that's built on .NET 1.1, and you aren't going to...

1. IIS is free (well, it's part of Windows 2000 Server). Just go to add/remove programs, and then Windows Components.

2. Not sure on this, but I believe that it...

For database independance, be sure to check out the Microsoft Enterprise Library - specfically, the Data Access Application Block.

I've had great success with it, working on projects for...

If I were you, I'd wait until the release on the 7th November.

The reason is that the Beta's are a real pain to uninstall sometimes. So, with only a...

VS 2005 Beta 2 only works with the April CTP of SQL Server 2005. And, there has been many CTPs following Beta 2, and the Release Candidate is out...

1. 7th November (this year!)

2. I think that any of the beta's floating around would be pretty old. However, the latest CTP is available here:http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/productinfo/ctp.mspx

Use AFTER triggers and join from inserted back to the base table. I think you can access TEXT fields from the base table within the trigger, but not the...

See: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/howtobuy/redistregister.mspx

I think you'll find that while the *number* of databases held in MSDE is not an issue, the other limitations (such as concurrent connections etc...) will affect...

There is a tools and a servers CD. I also noticed on the MSDN subscriber downloads that they weren't really named that well (Server = Disc 1, Tools =...

What security are you using for access to your web app? Are you using impersonation?

If you are using ASP.NET, then you might be able to grant the...

What is the connection string then? Who are you logged on as when the error occurs?

The only difference between those two subscriptions is the version of Visual Studio 2005 that you get.

See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/vs2005/subscriptions/default.aspx

Change it to use "e$" in place of "e:". someone correct me if I am wrong, but a UNC path it made up of:

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