SQL Server 2005 installation

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Hi,

Could someone please tell me what I would need to install if anything on a
client machine to access an SQL Server 2005 database from a .Net component?

Is it sufficient just to have the database files (.mdf and .ldf) and access
them via ADO.NET?

I only have a development machine and therefore can't properly test this
without deinstalling/reinstalling sql server.

Thanks

Steve.
 
It really depends on your architecture. SQL Server is a service-based DBMS.
You need to be running this service on the same system as the .MDF. The
client need not host either the .MDF or the service, but it can.

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I test this sort of thing by setting up a VM (I use VMWare -- the (free)
server version) and accessing the SQLServer running on my machine from
within the VM.

Robin S.
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I've done this as well using Microsoft VPC. Unfortunately, even if it's
configured "correctly" it might not reveal issues you'll see with a real
client/server rig. I would spring for a testbed that duplicates the typical
client systems--without virtualization smoke and mirrors.

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