SQL Server Access?

Hi,
Well, to put it plain straight, Express editions could only connect to a local database (in the designer). You could although access it through code. The main advantage is that you could do Databinding in standard editions even if your database is remote. While you could not in express....

And no, it is not against the License Agreement.
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag

chrisj wrote:

So if I had the Express editions, I could simply access the database by code and make custom functions, and use Object Data Sources to databind to the database?

Yup, you could manually do it in express. But not in design mode.

chrisj wrote:

What I understand is that the way that the products are released will be just like they are in the betas. Does this mean that what I am doing now in Visual Web Developer will be supported at release?

Not, quite sure about that. There might be changes prior to release...
But I guess changes now could not be that big. Coz they're near on their release date...
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag