I was wondering if Visual Studio comes with SQL database? or do I have to install SQL server additionally in order to use it with Visual Studio?
I need it to store and manipulate data from textboxes and other controls in WinForms.
The VS2010 installer gives you the option of installing SQL Server 2008 Express Edition.. This edition is good enough for development purposes but is not intended for production use to be honest..
I guess it depends how serious you're going with it, you should definitely install the "full" SQL Server Development Edition if it's gonna be some serious database dev.
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Planning to install SQL Server Developer edition. Should I remove SQL Server Express that came with Visual Studio before installing it? Can they work together? Is there any reason not to remove SQL Server Express?
Visual Studio installs SQL Express LocalDB, which provides on-demand SQL Instances in the user's desktop session. The SQL Server Data Tools requires this, and it's handy also for other development and test scenarios.
Also there's no reason to remove it.
I have Visual Studio 2015 Professional Edition installed on my computer and I would like to start developing applications with SQL instead of MS Access.
What exactly do I need to install in order to achieve that? Do I need a full version of SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio?
Should I just install MySQL instead? I'm a bit lost... Thank you for your time and help.
SQL Server Express Edition (with tools) is free, and perfect for development purposes. If you need more advanced features then you can use SQL Server Developer Edition which is very cheap and has all features included in the advanced versions of SQL Server. The licence does not permit you to run it in a live environment though.
Does SQL Server 2012 include Visual Studio?
P.S. I don't mean to be an idiot, but I can't find the answer to this.
No, it does not include Visual Studio. If you do a full install with all the client tools you get some bare minimum shell stuff but that is just scaffolding to support things like Management Studio. Visual Studio proper is a separate product and must be licensed separately.
No, it doesn't come with Visual Studio.
SQL Server is a database server. The install media comes with some tooling, like SQL Server Management Studio.
Visual Studio is an IDE, an Integrated Development Environement. It can connect to SQL Server and used when developing database driven applications.
But the two are orthogonal.
It will come with Business Intelligence Design Stuido, commonly known as BIDS, which is built around the Visual Studio framework.
If you need a dev evnironment, you can check out Visual Studio Express
This project I'm working on has me using SQL Server 2008 R2 which I'm pretty new to. I have the full version of SQL Server and, SSIS, SSAS etc. What I don't know anything about is reporting services. I can connect to the report server but I don't see anyway to actually build reports. This is all in management studio, by the way. Is there a GUI interface for building reports? I have to assume that this software is distinct from SSMS?
You have to install BIDS (Business Intelligence Development Studio). It's in your SQL Server setup. Maybe you already did, have a look in your Visual Studio directory in your start menu.
yes its possible to install that way.
Business Intelligence Development Studio is a must to USE SSIS feature.
Do visual studio 2010 include already Sql Server instance, or I need to install Sql Server developer edition to develop an application that need a Sql Server db.
If it installs a Sql Server express edition, it this enough or it's better to have Sql Server developer edition?
I would second that installing the "full" SQL Server Development Edition makes sense if you do serious database development.
However you can have both installed side by side, and having SQL Server Express is very useful for one reason - it supports placing database files in the App_Data folder of ASP.NET applications. While I don't do this for my own projects, it's a very nice feature for demos or open source applications you download from the web: just unzip, start VS, hit F5, and you have a running solution including database. Without SQL Express, you first have to move the MDF file, attach the database, set up user rights, replace the connection strings etc...
The Visual Studio 2010 installer gives you the option of installing SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. This edition of SQL Server is good enough for development purposes but is not intended for production use.
I think the size limitation is not the main issue.
In Sql Server 2008 you have some features in Sql Server Management Studio that aren't available in the Express management Studio or the Express database engine, like:
- suggesting the table and column names (in Query Window)
- Sql profiler
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