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Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:12 PM

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 available for Win CE 5.0 and 6.0 Platform Builder

After much demand, the latest Platform Builder updates have been released, and they include SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1. Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder Update Windows CE 6.0 Platform Builder Update Steve
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 2 Comments
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:53 PM

Why doesn't Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installer update SQL Server Compact 3.5 for Devices?

In addition to the 64bit support being a web-only download, I should have also noted that for similar reasons, the Devices version of SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 is also only available as a web download. Why: Because of the multiple platforms, the download
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 2 Comments
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:12 PM

Why does VS 2008 SP1 not include SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 64bit?

So you want 64bit support so you can set Target = Any. You just installed VS 2008 SP1, but when you run your app you still get an error... Why? Because VS 2008 SP1 doesn't actually include the 64bit version of SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1. To remedy this,
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 8 Comments
Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:12 AM

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Released

I'm happy to announce the release of SQL Server Compact - SP1 This release includes several key features and bug fixes following up on the asks of our customers. The new features in SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 are: ADO.NET Entity Framework provider . The
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 27 Comments
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:55 PM

SQL Server Compact Books - now in Spanish

For our Spanish customers, Jose M. Torres just published a book covering SQL Server Compact for our Spanish customers . Been a while since my Spanish was up to par, but Jose is one of our MVPs for device apps, so just gives him instant credibility in
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 1 Comments
Friday, May 30, 2008 8:43 AM

Heading to Tech Ed US 08

It's that time of year again. A quick note on some of the sessions/panel discussions I'll be presenting at, and some others that relate to SQL Server Compact. Code Session DAT325 Wednesday 8:30AM-9:45AM Unlocking the Power of Microsoft SQL Server Compact
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:22 PM

SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Beta available

August 6th 2008 UPDATE : SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 has shipped: SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 Released Developers looking to get the beta of SP1 for SQL Server Compact can download it from here : If you install Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta , you'll get the
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:50 AM

Security and Encryption for SQL Server Compact

The nice thing about SQL Server Compact is the database can be treated as a document. It's a single file, it's only "open" when being used and can use the standard set of security mechanisms that any other document can. You can set ACLs on the files,
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 10 Comments
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:31 AM

SQL Server Compact 3.5 64bit coming soon in Sp1...

A while back I posted some info about our intention to ship a native 64bit release: SQL Server Compact and 64bit support discussing how developers that use Compact on 64bit machines needed to use WoW mode. I'm happy to say our 64bit release is coming
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 9 Comments
Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:33 PM

SQL Server Compact Team Coming to your location… (Road Trip)

As part of our vNext release planning, we're heading out on the road to meet some of our customers. With the assistance of Jon Box we did this a few weeks ago driving 1,400 miles around Arkansas and Tennessee and we had a blast. Do you have an interesting
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 6 Comments
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:51 PM

Sync Services for ADO.NET (Devices) CTP 1 Available for Download

They Sync team has just published a CTP release of Sync Services for ADO.NET on Devices . This continues our commitment to deliver a consistent programming and sync story for all Microsoft clients using SQL Server Compact. The download page includes a
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 7 Comments
Friday, February 29, 2008 7:27 PM

C++ development will speed up with the use of SQL Server Compact

Jim Springfield, an Architect on the Visual C++ team has just posted a great example of how SQL Server Compact will be used to speed up search time during C++ development. It's a great example of where traditionally databases were too overkill and in-memory
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 8 Comments
Monday, February 11, 2008 12:43 AM

Stored Procedures and SQL Server Compact - the Great Debate

.style1 { font-weight: bold; } Much has been debated about the need for stored procedures within SQL Server Compact. We often hear customers say, "Without stored procedures, how can you call yourself a real database". Followed by: "Is this just a temporary
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 8 Comments
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:04 PM

MSDN Webcast: Introducing SQL Server Compact 3.5

On Wednesday, Jan 16 th '08 from 9am-10am PST time, I'll be doing an MSDN Live webcast covering an introduction to SQL Server Compact 3.5. This will be my first public presentation of SQL Server Compact since we've shipped last November. Working at Microsoft
Posted by Steve.Lasker | 16 Comments
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:24 PM

Connectivity Cross Version Compatibility of Merge Replication and SQL Server Compact

We've been getting a lot of questions regarding mixing versions of SQL Server and SQL Server Compact for Merge Replication. Laxmi wrote a very extensive post explaining all the details here. As noted, this is for Merge, not Sync Services, but has lots
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