"archuleta37" wrote:

> I am planning a fresh install of my development system. I have experimented a
> bit with the setup on Virtual PC and have noticed a few things that I want to
> understand before installing on my development box.
>
> 1) VS 2005 installs SQL Server express edition
> 2) SQL Server 2005 installs the VS 2005 IDE
>
> I don't want SQL express, I want the developer edition. I also want VS 2003
> on my system. So I think I will approach my steps as follows:
>
> 1) install SQL 2005 developer edition
> 2) install VS 2003 (connecting to SQL 2005)
> 3) install VS 2005 (choosing not to install SQL express)
>
>
> Here are my questions:
> 1) Does this order seem appropriate and are there any problems that anyone
> can forsee?
> 2) what is the difference between the VS 2005 IDE installed with SQL 2005
> developer edition and the normal VS 2005 Professional edition IDE that I will
> install? I presume that features will just be added when Install VS 2005
> Professional - Is that right?
>