Upgrade Cascade (Entity Framework, .Net, Windows, SQL Server)
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Looking at the Entity Framework 5 release, it has some nifty features I'd like to take advantage of (e.g., automatic query compilation, proper lookups of indexed varchar columns). However, many of those features will not work unless you have .Net 4.5, and we have .Net 4. So, we just need to install .Net 4.5. However, .Net 4.5 doesn't work on Windows Server 2003, which is what our development server is on. So, we need to upgrade Windows. And once we upgrade Windows, .Net, and Entity Framework, there are still some features we can't take advantage of (e.g., table-valued parameters), because we are on SQL Server 2005. We were supposed to upgrade to 2008 months ago, but it never happened. So, that will need to be kick-started too. This could take a while to get all these ducks in a row... :sigh:
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Looking at the Entity Framework 5 release, it has some nifty features I'd like to take advantage of (e.g., automatic query compilation, proper lookups of indexed varchar columns). However, many of those features will not work unless you have .Net 4.5, and we have .Net 4. So, we just need to install .Net 4.5. However, .Net 4.5 doesn't work on Windows Server 2003, which is what our development server is on. So, we need to upgrade Windows. And once we upgrade Windows, .Net, and Entity Framework, there are still some features we can't take advantage of (e.g., table-valued parameters), because we are on SQL Server 2005. We were supposed to upgrade to 2008 months ago, but it never happened. So, that will need to be kick-started too. This could take a while to get all these ducks in a row... :sigh:
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
So, we need to upgrade Windows.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
upgrade to 2008
Get the point now? :-)
If you are trying to make one, I do not get it.
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If you are trying to make one, I do not get it.
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.NET Framework is free. But to use it effectively, you must upgrade your Windows and your SQL Server both of which would cost you something :-)
Funny thing is we already have licenses. We just need the personnel to perform the upgrades. I'm just a web monkey; they don't (usually) let me install stuff on the servers. They already have plenty of DBA's, software engineers, and license managers to avoid installs as long as possible. :)
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.NET Framework is free. But to use it effectively, you must upgrade your Windows and your SQL Server both of which would cost you something :-)
Or you could use Mono and their tools or other open source alternatives, if you want to run your stack on FOSS. Microsoft has arguably the best dev tools around, if you're willing to pay the costs. If not, you can mix and match, but you'll get out of the highway and into the country trails...
'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail