Hello Fellow DotNetJunkies,
I am presenting a webcast Developing SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Applications next Wednesday November 11, 2005 at 11am Pacific time. You can register at: http://www.devx.com/SummitDays/Door/26588. Beyond a primer on SQL Mobile and some great demos, I will share my top lessons learned programming with SQL Mobile and also with synchronizing data using merge replication, remote data access, and web services.
So speaking of SQL Mobile, I often field questions about the specific libraries that SQL Mobile installs on your device and on your server (in replication/RDA scenarios). Here is a handy quick reference guide to the libraries that constitute SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition:
Quick Reference Guide to SQL Mobile libraries
- SQLCESE30.DLL – Storage Engine
- SQLCEQP30.DLL – Query Processor
- SQLCECA30.DLL – Client Agent
- SQLCESA30.DLL – Server Agent
- SQLCERP30.DLL – Replication Provider
- SQLCEME30.DLL – Managed Extensions
- SQLCEOLEDB30.DLL – OLE-DB Provider
- SQLCEER30xx.DLL – Error Strings Localized in locale ‘xx’ Where xx belongs to {EN, TW, CN, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO}
Finally, the RTM of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 is now available to MSDN subscribers. I've installed both on a couple of machines now and am happy to report that they install nicely after removing all of the RC, CTP, and Beta versions of these products. If you plan on having VS2005, SS2005, and VS2003 on the same machine, the good news is that I have not seen any issues with this as long as the install order of VS and SS follows a simple rule: "always install VS2005 last". A number of the other MVPs have also reported success in running all three of these products on the same development PC. So if you're an MSDN subscriber, now is the time. And if not, launch is almost upon us (tomorrow) and you are going to like what you see, especially with smart device development and tight integration with SQL Mobile.
I will be at the Microsoft "Best of Launch" in Colorado Springs on 12/1. Register at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032282578
and also at the main Denver Launch Event on 12/6 in the "Ask the Experts" area. Register at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/2005launchevents/default.mspx
You will receive free copies of VS2005 and SS2005 at these events, so stop by, have a look at the cool new features in the 2005 tools, and bring along your Compact Framework and SQL CE/SQL Mobile questions!
-Darren