Which database is most useful for LINQ tutorials?
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Just curious on people's opinions on this. When you find LINQ sample projects or tutorials on The Code Project, would you prefer that their sample databases use - SQL Server 2008 Express, or - SQL Sever Compact Edition 3.5 (the one that comes with VS2008)? I did a tutorial using 2008 Express but am thinking I should switch it to use Compact Edition because I think that would make it more accessible (people don't need to have also downloaded SQL Server 2008 Express) and also it means smaller downloads since the compact database files are smaller. But, I just want a sanity check before I make this change to make sure this will be preferable for people. Thanks! Abby
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Just curious on people's opinions on this. When you find LINQ sample projects or tutorials on The Code Project, would you prefer that their sample databases use - SQL Server 2008 Express, or - SQL Sever Compact Edition 3.5 (the one that comes with VS2008)? I did a tutorial using 2008 Express but am thinking I should switch it to use Compact Edition because I think that would make it more accessible (people don't need to have also downloaded SQL Server 2008 Express) and also it means smaller downloads since the compact database files are smaller. But, I just want a sanity check before I make this change to make sure this will be preferable for people. Thanks! Abby
Personally I like CE because I know very little about SQL butI can destroy and create CE databases fairly quickly, and LINQ seems to work well with it. Unfortunately a number of (very good) tutorials assume you have the MS Northwind database and Server 2008 already installed. I suspect that the thinking is that anyone using an SQL database is developing web sites or commercial apps so is more likley to need server 2008.