"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eYZigknMGHA.3432@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> If you want to check out VS, you could try the express version and find
> out if it does what you want it to. I think you'll find it frustrating
> trying to use MYSQL as a back-end from Visual Studio.
>
> Most people who choose MYSQL will chose non-Microsoft tools to develop
> against it such as PHP and PERL and would use UNIX/LINUX instead of
> Windows. This will give you a superior set of tools together with
> standards compliance, and you'll also avoid vendor tie-in.
>
> James B. Poindexter wrote:
>> I am soon going to be starting a project that will require a client
>> program that I write to access a database (mysql) across the internet.
>> Will VS Standard have the tools I need to do this, or should I get
>> Professional?
>>
>
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)

James B. Poindexter wrote:
> I am soon going to be starting a project that will require a client program
> that I write to access a database (mysql) across the internet. Will VS
> Standard have the tools I need to do this, or should I get Professional?
>

James B. Poindexter wrote:
> I would use Linux except that this program has to run on Windows. I'd use
> PHP except that I hate scripting languages, and some of the security
> requirements are going to stringent enough that I don't feel as good about a
> scripting language as a full-featured programming language. And I'm not
> really wanting a web interface anyway.
>
> Right now, I'm looking at going Borland, which I've used professionally
> before. And it plays well with mysql.
>
> "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eYZigknMGHA.3432@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you want to check out VS, you could try the express version and find
>> out if it does what you want it to. I think you'll find it frustrating
>> trying to use MYSQL as a back-end from Visual Studio.
>>
>> Most people who choose MYSQL will chose non-Microsoft tools to develop
>> against it such as PHP and PERL and would use UNIX/LINUX instead of
>> Windows. This will give you a superior set of tools together with
>> standards compliance, and you'll also avoid vendor tie-in.
>>
>> James B. Poindexter wrote:
>>> I am soon going to be starting a project that will require a client
>>> program that I write to access a database (mysql) across the internet.
>>> Will VS Standard have the tools I need to do this, or should I get
>>> Professional?
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>
>