From: allenc on 11 Dec 2009 13:13 On Dec 11, 9:07 am, "Michael Coles" <michaelcoAToptonlineDOTnet> wrote: > Yes you can install and run SQL Server locally as long as your machine meets > the minimum requirements (search MSDN for "SQL Server minimum > requirements"). If your database is not too large you may be able to use > SQL Express locally (free download from Microsoft) to test your imports. > > "allenc" <twice.redee...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:da1ae0d6-40d8-423e-9e71-3ec11add84a3(a)z10g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > > > >I have a SQL Server db on my hosting site. It's used for my business > > shopping cart. I want to impoort some new items into it, but do not > > want to take a chance messing things up, so I would like to have a > > development system to do test imports into. > > > I have a backed up copy of the db and have ftp'd it to my client. Is > > ther any way to open this locally to do test import to make sure > > things work? > > > Thanks > > > Allen Thanks, I will check out the requirements
From: allenc on 11 Dec 2009 13:13 On Dec 11, 9:05 am, "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_kara...(a)hotmail.nomail.com> wrote: > You would need a SQL Server for this. That could be like Express Edition > (free) or Developer Edition (cheap, like Enterprise but not allowed to run > production work). > > -- > Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVPhttp://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asphttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/tibor_karaszi > > "allenc" <twice.redee...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:da1ae0d6-40d8-423e-9e71-3ec11add84a3(a)z10g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > > > > I have a SQL Server db on my hosting site. It's used for my business > > shopping cart. I want to impoort some new items into it, but do not > > want to take a chance messing things up, so I would like to have a > > development system to do test imports into. > > > I have a backed up copy of the db and have ftp'd it to my client. Is > > ther any way to open this locally to do test import to make sure > > things work? > > > Thanks > > > Allen Thanks, I will check them out
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