Darren Shaffer

SQL Mobile Downloads and Samples Available Now

It was great seeing many of you at the VS2005 Launch Event in Denver yesterday.  Microsoft just posted some fantastic resources and samples for SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Mobile).

Here are the downloads and a description of each:

a.    Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools - The package installs the SQL Server Mobile Replications Components on the machine running the IIS server. The components are required for connecting the SQL Server Mobile database on a mobile device to SQL Server 2000 SP3a database and later versions. Link to download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6ed0fb7e-7c05-4f59-879a-8fb619e36612&displaylang=en

b.    Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 Replication Components – The package installs the SQL Server 2000 SP4 replication components on the machine running the IIS server. The components are required for connecting the SQL Mobile database on a mobile device to a SQL Server 2000 SP4 database. Link to download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a0241f9c-79b1-4011-81e3-2601aa701e02&displaylang=en

c.     Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a Replication Components – The package installs the SQL Server 2000 SP3a SQL Server 2000 SP3a replication components on the machine running the IIS server. The components are required for connecting the SQL Mobile database on a mobile device to a SQL Server 2000 SP3a database.  Link to download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a9e0cea0-6f8d-4625-af71-fc8d671f64b6&displaylang=en

d.     Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Device SDK – The SDK contains the product installers files for installing SQL Server Mobile on the mobile devices, and it also contains the DLL’s and Header files required for developing SQL Mobile applications on the Desktop. Link to download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5BD8ABAA-5813-4DB3-B23A-24551DE2ECC1&displaylang=en

e.     IBuySpy Delivery 2005 Developer Toolkit Sample Application– The Toolkit is a sample e-commerce storefront to demonstrate how simple it is to create scalable applications for the Microsoft^® .NET^® platform by using SQL Server Mobile . Link to download: http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=7A5F64B0-4E64-4A72-A2C9-994A0C55CECD .

Apart from these the following are also available –

 EULA for SQL Server Mobile Device SDK: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/4/8/2482E95D-00FD-4374-BD15-57A8C4C34444/SSMREADME.htm

ReadMe file for SQL Server Mobile Device SDK: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/4/8/2482E95D-00FD-4374-BD15-57A8C4C34444/EULA.rtf

Help File for the SQL Server Mobile: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/4/8/2482E95D-00FD-4374-BD15-57A8C4C34444/ssm3chm.chm

-Darren