SQL7 on Windows XP Home

[Peter L.S. Trevor]

I just got Visual Studio 6 Enterprise which includes SQL Server
7. However, when I try to install SQL7 (Standard Edition ?) on
Windows XP Home it only installs the client components and not
the server component. The install routine claims this is because
of the version of Windows I am using.

Now I know that IIS isn't supposed to be installable on Windows
XP Home but it is with a fairly straight forward hack, so what I
was wondering was is there a way to get SQL7 Standard installed
on Windows XP Home (maybe with a similar sort of hack)?

Failing that (and assuming the SQL7 in VS6EE is "Standard") does
SQL7 Desktop work on Windows XP Home? If so where can I get it
(haven't seen one so far on eBay)?

Regards PLST

[Simon Hayes]

Re: SQL7 on Windows XP Home


"Peter L.S. Trevor" <ptrevor.trisen @zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I just got Visual Studio 6 Enterprise which includes SQL Server
> 7. However, when I try to install SQL7 (Standard Edition ?) on
> Windows XP Home it only installs the client components and not
> the server component. The install routine claims this is because
> of the version of Windows I am using.
>
> Now I know that IIS isn't supposed to be installable on Windows
> XP Home but it is with a fairly straight forward hack, so what I
> was wondering was is there a way to get SQL7 Standard installed
> on Windows XP Home (maybe with a similar sort of hack)?
>
> Failing that (and assuming the SQL7 in VS6EE is "Standard") does
> SQL7 Desktop work on Windows XP Home? If so where can I get it
> (haven't seen one so far on eBay)?
>
> Regards PLST
>
>
>[/color]

SQL 7 Desktop does run on XP:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/overview/70/datasheet.asp#E

But if you don't need SQL7 specifically, then SQL2000 Developer Edition is
only USD49.95 now, although I haven't seen many price cuts in Europe yet -
amazon.co.uk is still charging GBP499, for example.

Simon