<spam@cjs.no-ip.org> wrote:

>I am just installing SQL Server 2000 on my desktop running Windows XP Pro
>and intend to install the Client tools onto my laptop and do my access from
>the laptop.
>
>When I install the latest service patch, will I also need to install it on
>the laptop as well for the Client tools?
>
>I am really new to SQL and do this to learn a new skill to help employment
>prospects. I bought the Developer edition.

"DTJ" <dtj@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:16:50 +1000, "Christopher J. Stephens"
> <spam@cjs.no-ip.org> wrote:
>
> >I am just installing SQL Server 2000 on my desktop running Windows XP Pro
> >and intend to install the Client tools onto my laptop and do my access
from
> >the laptop.
> >
> >When I install the latest service patch, will I also need to install it
on
> >the laptop as well for the Client tools?
> >
> >I am really new to SQL and do this to learn a new skill to help
employment
> >prospects. I bought the Developer edition.
>
> I don't know the answer, so don't think I am just being a smart ass.
> One of the best ways to learn things is to look up the answer
> yourself. For years I worked with developers who knew everything, and
> I learned a lot. I learned tons more working by myself, though. Even
> if you end up asking a simple question in a news group, if you tried
> first and failed, you learned something still. At the least you
> learned what searches don't work well.
>
> Hopefully someone else provides your answer, AND you take my advice
> and think about it. As to what I do, I do not install the SPs on the
> client. Don't know if that is right or wrong, though.