About Visual Basic Express Edition 2008

[foxclab01]

Hello!

My name is Fanis, I am Greek and I am a newbe in programming in Visual Basic. So, I have some questions to ask :

1) I downloaded the Visual Studio Express edition.
a) It is for free, right?
b) It seems to me that in all the languages I can do anything with them. What is missing compared to the full version? ( It must be missing something!)

2) How can I connect MySQL to Visual Basic, or Visual C# etc. Free edition?

Thank you in advance!

Fanis

[dglienna]

1) Express editions are FREE
Visual Studio 2008 includes ALL the express languages in one along with other options, like click-once deployment.

2) Search for 101 Samples for VS 2008 and you'll find samples for all types of activity. For MySQL differences, see www.connectionstrings.com

[Shuja Ali]

Apart from what David said. Express editions are only for learning purposes.

The best way to connect to MYSQL database would be to use MYSQL Connector. You can download it from here (http://www.mysql.com/products/connector/net/) and there are number of samples that will help you in understanding how mySQL Connector works.

[Marraco]

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a) It is for free, right?Free as "gratis", yes. Free as GNU or Open, No.
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What is missing compared to the full version? ( It must be missing something!)Publish is very limited. You may not want it to publish your application.