This is a general question relating to a .NET app we are building that processes data contained within SQL Server 2008 R2 databases.
Originally, we were anticipating distributing our app to our user base, requiring that our users install the free version of SQL Express 2008 R2 Edition. Unfortunately, our app cannot live with the 1 GB of memory limitation or the 10 GB database size
limitation of the SQL Express Edition. The Standard Edition of SQL Server 2008 R2's limitations, however, will work perfectly for the app.
The question is, how do we distribute the app to the user base without requiring them to purchase a full version of SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (at a hefty price)?
I think I recall that earlier versions of SQL Server provided a SQL Server distributable runtime version that could provided to the users of a .NET app that accessed SQL databases and services, without requiring the user to pur ...
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