I discovered that there was a new, free, version of MSDE called MS SQL Server 2005 Express. This next generation version of MSDE supports .Net 2.0 and XQuery. I downloaded and installed .Net 2.0 beta and Express beta -- only to find that the whiz-bang client tools do not exist yet. I will await those tools before continuing with my evaluation.
... until the collector arrives ...
This "blog" is really just a scratchpad of mine. There is not much of general interest here. Most of the content is scribbled down "live" as I discover things I want to remember. I rarely go back to correct mistakes in older entries. You have been warned :)
