Re: AccessMembershipProvider

hi, 

of course i don't know any legal details - i am a developer... :)

but sql express was specifically made for this purpose (free redist) - i cannot imagine that a ISP has special restrictions - but i don't know 100% for sure.


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Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
http://www.leastprivilege.com

Thanks for the reply the link will hopefully help.

I appreciatte that SQL Express is totally Free and I would much rather
use it, but my chosen host appears to be under the impression that as
a Service Provider selling shared hosting packages he is not able
(within the terms of the license) to provide it. Any clarification of
this would be appreciatted!

Martyn Fewtrell

"Dominick Baier [DevelopMentor]" wrote:

Hi,

besides that SQL Express is totally free - here's the download page
for the access provider:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/downloads/providers/default.aspx

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Dominick Baier - DevelopMentor
http://www.leastprivilege.com

First let me apologiose if this is a regular question but I am
struggling to find the answer.

There are plenty of posts/articles about the
AccessMembershipProvider dating back to 12/18 months ago but I havnt
seen any recent information about it. One article sugested it was
removed during an earlier Beta release of the framework. Is this the
case? If so why was it removed? Is it still available? Where can I
get it from?

The reason for asking is that my normal hosting company (with whom I
have a very good relationship) is under the impression that they
cannot provide SQL Express on a shared hosting platform for
licencing reasons and the cost of a full SQL 2005 database would not
be justified for a log on/log off system on the type of projects on
which I work (which are generally for small business).

Any suggestions or links to appropiate white papers would be
appreciatted.

Martyn Fewtrell



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