Install SQL Server (Express) with your Application at Guardian’s. Posted by in .Net SQL Visual Studio on Thursday 29 January 2009 at 1:32 PM During the last days I had to put my hands on an hold project written for .NET Framework 1.1 and convert his database from Access to SQL Express 2005, the conversion was quite easy but then the deployment phase stepped in. We had the requirement of allowing the deployment of the database engine along with the application (ClickOnce is not an option in VS.2003 :D), the Setup project that comes along with VS 2003 rely on merge modules to install external components, but unfortunately no merge module exists for SQL Express (they have been deprecated).
Deploying Database Developments. When a team is developing a database application, it is a mistake to believe that deployment is a simple task.
It isn’t. It has to be planned, and scripted. Aaron Stebner's WebLog : .NET Framework 3.5 deployment guid. Hi Christopher - I'm sorry, but I don't know the answer to this question.
This deployment documentation is consistent in format and content to the ones previously published for the .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0. The documentation in the deployment guides linked here is technical documentation, not legal/policy documentation. That means it lists what is technically possible, not what is legally permissable.