I would like to install DB2 community edition on my Windows 10 PC. Does this require the Pro Edition of Windows or is the Home Edition sufficient?
For compatibility checks, much depends on exact versions of which products you want to use, and whether or not they are containerized.
Always read the accompanying materials, as much depends on whether you will deploy the Db2 product in a docker container or non-docker. Docker itself will also have pre-requisites that will need checking.
In general the 'Home' edition is not supported by the server component (which is different from 'will not work'), and the 'Pro' editions of MS-Windows are preferred.
For IBM software products, there is a website that tries to help with compatibility reports of different product versions with different operating system versions.
Try running a report yourself, (requires some study of the notes in the result):
https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/osForProduct.html
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What I thought would be an easy google turned up no results. I'm trying to find out if Enterprise Library 4.1 is compatible with Windows Server 2008 SP2.
The system requirements say its compatible with Server 2008, but there is no mention of the service pack. Does anyone know definitively if these two are compatible?
Thank you for your time.
Typically compatibilities will list the minimum requirements; compatible with "Windows Server 2008" would include it and subsequent service packs (unless explicitly indicated otherwise). Keep in mind EL 4.1 was released almost a year before 2k8 SP2 was.
Does anyone know definitively if these two are compatible?
I guess it would depend on how you define "definitively" and "compatible". ;)
Do you want to know if Enterprise Library will run under Windows 2008 Server SP2? I don't believe that it was formally tested against that version (typically testing will go back two OS releases and SP2 didn't come out until the year after Enterprise Library was released) but it should work on later OS versions. For example, I have used version 4.1 with Windows 7.
VS 2012 has an excellent support for comparing database projects and databases.
I'm wondering if there is a standalone version for the respective software to use on a deployment machine - or some other way to use it without having to install the whole of visual studio.
You can install just the SSDT for SQL Project bits on a machine. That does not require a full install of either Visual Studio or SQL Server. You can generally keep an eye on the SSDT Blog for the latest release news. You can find that at: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/
At this time, the most recent release is the October 2013 release.
As noted in the various articles, you may need to make an Administrative Install Point if your target machine does not have internet access. Follow the instructions in the article and you should be fine.
I've written some articles about this on my blog at http://schottsql.blogspot.com if you look up the label for SSDT.
I need to install the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 package that works with Visual Studio 2005 because I need to upgrade an old driver that runs under CE 6.0. I understand that Microsoft does not support this CE package any longer and, in fact, they no longer provide the installation files for CE 6.0
Where can I get the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 installation files??? They can be in an ISO file or whatever format is available.
I'm not sure if I understood your question right. By package you mean BSP (Board Support Package)?
If you are new to CE, you will need a brief explanation before get started.
The Windows CE 6.0 itself doesn't have exactly installation files. The runtime system is built through a toolkit called Platform Builder. As "input" for platform builder, you select which components your runtime image will have (including drivers) and as "output" is created a binary image of your system. You may transfer your runtime image to the device with a few different methods.
Regarding drivers, they usually are distributed through BSPs. BSPs are built by the device maker so you could check the device manufacturer site for BSPs, but you can give a try first on the supported packages search (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/downloads/board-support-packages-for-windows-embedded.aspx).
You can get the Platform Builder Toolkit with a Microsoft Authorized Embedded Distributor or through a MSDN subscription (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/how-to-buy-windows-embedded-compact-7.aspx). The Platform Builder for CE6 comes with a copy of VS2005.
Windows CE6 is currently at R3 (released in 2009) and it is supported (mainstream support) at least until 2014 (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/evaluate/windows-embedded-roadmap.aspx).
I strongly recommend you to take a look at least on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/develop/windows-embedded-ce-6-for-developers-overview.aspx. I'm not much experienced with CE6 (few months) but my personal experience says that it's a long path to code drivers for CE.
Where can I download that? All I can find is the express version. I bought the SQL Server Developer 2008, but the Studio wasnt installed along with it...
Thanks
SSMS is ALWAYS part of any non-express edition including DEV edition (I mean you dont need to download it seperately).
When you install SQL Server Dev. (or any other non-express edition), during setup process you will come across a screen where you can select which components to install (e.g. SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, BIDS, BOL etc). In that step you will need to select SSMS to get it installed.
For some reason if you have skipped that step you can run setup again and just install SSMS only.
But I dont think there is any seperate download available for "normal" SSMS.
This is an annoyance because access to SQL Server from a workstation is necessary and the only way (as previous posters mentioned) is to use the full SQL Server licensed installation package.
You'll run the setup to install as though you're installing the full database. In some cases, setup will detect that you'll need to first install some dependencies. When you come to the Feature Selection, you can select the Management Tools only.
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You can download eval version from this link -
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx
The express edition are the free versions.
The express version is the free version. If you want another version you need to buy it. My best guess is that it is included in one of those packages on in the microsoft store.
EDIT
According to a forum:
I`m not sure what you mean - you ask
for Management Studio and there is a
download link for SQL Server
Management Studio Express.
Or will you buy a SQL Server Standard,
Enterprise or Datacenter Edition -
then you have the "normal" SQL Server
Management Studio.
When I setup SQL Server 2005 this problem appear
Minimum Hardware Requirement (Warning)
Messages Minimum Hardware Requirement
The current system does not meet the
minimum hardware requirements for this
SQL Server release. For detailed
hardware and software requirements,
see the readme file or SQL Server
Books Online.
and I continued setup but I could not found SQL Server Management Studio tools in start menu
As mentioned, you have missed installing SSMS. You can go through the install process again (you don't need to uninstall, just run it again), except this time make sure you put a check mark next to the Management tools when you do feature selections. I'd tell you exactly where it is but i only have a SQL2008 install on hand at the moment.
Your SQL is not completely installed, I suggest you to update all feature in your OS.
may be you installed Express edition?
also Management Studio is free, you can download it from link text