The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) Deployment Toolkit in Action
The MSDE Deployment Toolkit in Action, by Mario Szpuszta
“Learn how to use the MSDE Deployment Toolkit (Release Candidate) to integrate MSDE deployment functionality into your application's installation package with minimal effort. Additionally, get some insight into building a reusable installer class to make this process even faster and easier.”
“SQL Server is Microsoft's main relational database engine, no matter whether for large scale enterprise applications, desktop applications or even applications running on smart devices (SQL Server CE).
MSDE 2000 is the light weight version of SQL Server which is the best choice for small websites as well as Smart Clients running on end-user desktop systems. Using MSDE 2000 for such scenarios requires easy installation and deployment which was a very challenging task in the past. The MSDE Deployment Toolkit addresses this issue by simplifying the creation of setup packages that install both MSDE 2000 and your application. The most challenging task left is the creation of the installer class that creates the database during the installation of the application. But even the creation of the installer is just a piece of cake when using a generic installer class like the one introduced in this article.
Altogether, the MSDE Deployment Toolkit is something that we have been waiting for for a very long time. Using it is a great way to easily include MSDE in your setup packages.”
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June 16, 2009
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