Will VB.NET 1.1 (VS 2002) work with SQL Server 2005 Express?

[Ray Martin]

I am using the original VB.NET (1.1) with Access Databases, and I was going
to upgrade my databases to MSDE, but I notice that Microsoft is recommending
that instead of MSDE we should start using MS SQL Server 2005 Express (which
is free). However I cannot find any info on whether I will need to also
upgrade my Visual Studio to 2005, or if I can continue to use the 2002
development environment.

Any ideas?

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

You should be able to open a sql server 2005 database with vs 2002
framework 1.0. I have tested it vs 2003 framework 1.1.

Ken

 

[Ray Martin]

Thanks Ken