Is there a way to connect to an Informix database using Sql Management studio? Are there any open source / free clients that can be used?
You can try sqldbx which should work with Informix and is free for single connection use. according to their faq it works with Informix:
http://www.sqldbx.com/faq.htm
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being a dbExpress newbie I wonder if there is a dbExpress driver for Microsoft Access?
I think the only way to connect to Access is by using ADO. (TADOConnection).
I have had good results using the open source dbxoodbc driver for dbExpress.
The download has several demo projects that use access databases, so you should be able to get up and running in no time.
You can find it at http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-dbexpress/
I have only tried it with older versions of access, so I can't say for certain that it will work with office 2007 or newer.
You have to use TADOConnection, i havn't been able to find a 3rd party driver which supports the new dbexpres
dbExpress does not support msAccess natively,
But a quick google search gives a long list of drivers. Both free and paid.
I am Using Visual studio 2010 Ultimate edition registered version and want to develop ASP MVC 3.0 Project.
I need to include database in Asp_Data folder.I want to use .sdf version SQL server 2005,But when I use
Data tab at--> Add New Item(By clicking at solution explorer)--> It shows .mdf format only.
I am Using SQL Server 2005.
I installed SSCERuntime_x86-ENU.exe 4.0(Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 Setup)
Can anyone tell me how to get .sdf format of SQL Server 2005 in Data tab of Add new Item
You have to create the SDF file using the Server Explorer -> Connect to Database in VS 2010.
You need to install sql server compact 4.0 local database. Here's the link that will guide you to it. Walkthrough: Working with SQL Server Compact in Visual Studio
TFS Express 11 beta installation also includes SQL Express installation for its database. Can I redirect it to a shared SQL 2008 server or was it designed to work with SQL Express exclusively?
You should be able to use it with a normal MS SQL Server as well, there is no Feature that Express has that a normal one does not. It is simply bundled with the Express version since it not necessary to have a normal SQL Server.
Also, why should MS stop you from paying a license for at least one of the two products ;)
UPDATE
Apparently I was wrong, at least in the beta it is NOT possible to use anything else but the SQL Express, the others are explicitly not supported.
See here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2012/02/23/coming-soon-tfs-express.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chaks/archive/2012/03/05/getting-started-with-tfs-11-express-beta.aspx
We recently upgraded a major application to Visual Studio 2010.
Unfortunately, we are still using several database servers that are still running SQL Server 2000 (8.0.2055 to be precise).
According to this article (Link), "Since mainstream support for SQL Server 2000 ended on 04/08/2008, Visual Studio 2010 will only support debugging SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008.
We have a lot of stored procedures that we keep in Source Control and execute them from within Visual Studio whenever we need to update them.
Is there any way around this restriction? 3rd-party tool, anything.
While researching this, I saw a few sites that indicate an ODBC connection could be used to get to the SQL2000 box. I was able to create a System DSN and then a Data Connection within VS2010, but am unable to connect to it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Chris
The only way I've found so far is to extract our data library out of the project and keep it in VS 2008 targeted at 3.5 while we're building it. Once it's complete and ready, we open up the primary project in VS 2010, check out the changed files and then use the file system to copy the changed files over.
We then keep the supplementary 3.5 project in source control parallel to the primary project.
They will still build and function in .Net 4.0, but we have found that the IDE will not accept any connections or commands to them.
being a dbExpress newbie I wonder if there is a dbExpress driver for Microsoft Access?
I think the only way to connect to Access is by using ADO. (TADOConnection).
I have had good results using the open source dbxoodbc driver for dbExpress.
The download has several demo projects that use access databases, so you should be able to get up and running in no time.
You can find it at http://sourceforge.net/projects/open-dbexpress/
I have only tried it with older versions of access, so I can't say for certain that it will work with office 2007 or newer.
You have to use TADOConnection, i havn't been able to find a 3rd party driver which supports the new dbexpres
dbExpress does not support msAccess natively,
But a quick google search gives a long list of drivers. Both free and paid.