Can I ship database developed in SQL Server 2005 to customer ?

Hi,
sure you can use the SQL Server Express edition to distribute that to
your customer. it free for distribution. There are some extra features
/ gimmics if you register at the microsoft site (Didn=B4t tried that
yet), but in common yes you can use SQL Server Express.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--Hi,
I want to ask a question whether I can ship the database created in SQL
Server 2005 to customer along with installation for free of cost or not
(just like mySQL) ? Will I have to pay something to anybody for this ?
Please let me know as this will drive my decision of database engine
selection in .NET application.
Regards,
Jigar Mehta|||Hi,
sure you can use the SQL Server Express edition to distribute that to
your customer. it free for distribution. There are some extra features
/ gimmics if you register at the microsoft site (Didn=B4t tried that
yet), but in common yes you can use SQL Server Express.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--|||Database created in SQL Server != Sql Server. Of course you can distribute
your database (stored in *.mdf and *.ldf file usually), but not the SQL
Server (unless it is SQL Server2005 Express or MSDE). The users of your app
must have SQL Server/Express/MSDE (latter tow are free) available somewhere
on their computer/network to host your DATABASE.
All in all, your database is yours, you can distribute it at your will. Your
user can get free edition of SQL Server Express (or distributed by your app)
or buy commercial edition (when the app's functionality requires that
power).
"Jigar" <jigar.programmer@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150577676.753804.214600@.g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I want to ask a question whether I can ship the database created in SQL
> Server 2005 to customer along with installation for free of cost or not
> (just like mySQL) ? Will I have to pay something to anybody for this ?
> Please let me know as this will drive my decision of database engine
> selection in .NET application.
> Regards,
> Jigar Mehta
>|||Database created in SQL Server != Sql Server. Of course you can distribute
your database (stored in *.mdf and *.ldf file usually), but not the SQL
Server (unless it is SQL Server2005 Express or MSDE). The users of your app
must have SQL Server/Express/MSDE (latter tow are free) available somewhere
on their computer/network to host your DATABASE.
All in all, your database is yours, you can distribute it at your will. Your
user can get free edition of SQL Server Express (or distributed by your app)
or buy commercial edition (when the app's functionality requires that
power).
"Jigar" <jigar.programmer@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150577676.753804.214600@.g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I want to ask a question whether I can ship the database created in SQL
> Server 2005 to customer along with installation for free of cost or not
> (just like mySQL) ? Will I have to pay something to anybody for this ?
> Please let me know as this will drive my decision of database engine
> selection in .NET application.
> Regards,
> Jigar Mehta
>