Reporting Services 2000 Requirement for Visual Studio

I have a client who already has SQL-2000 SP4 installed and now wishes
to have reporting services installed.
The installation indicates a pre-requisite of Visual Sudio .Net 2003.
Further investigation on Microsoft web site reveals that VS would have
to be version "Enterprise Developer" or "Enterprise Architect."
I know in SQL 2005 that VS is included. One option presented to the
client would be to upgrade.
My question is, was any form of visual studio included with SQL 2000
or will the client need to purchase a license for Visual Studio .Net
2003? Is VS .Net 2003 even still available?
Thanks in advance.
DanThat is some information which is not quite true...
> The installation indicates a pre-requisite of Visual Sudio .Net 2003.
> Further investigation on Microsoft web site reveals that VS would have
> to be version "Enterprise Developer" or "Enterprise Architect."
No, you will just need a one-language version of Visual Studio, thats
all, without nailing me down on the price, that should be around 100$.
> I know in SQL 2005 that VS is included. One option presented to the
> client would be to upgrade.
Sort of. You will be able to create Report / Analysis and SSIS
projects with the "small" edition of this studio.
> My question is, was any form of visual studio included with SQL 2000
> or will the client need to purchase a license for Visual Studio .Net
> 2003?
No, there was non included. Yes, he would have to buy a licencse for
that, see the above mentioned answer.
> Is VS .Net 2003 even still available?
-Yes, it is. I assume that not all vendors of your choice will still
have it, but it is available in some places. Perhaps you might find a
version on ebay which was exchanged by someone with the 2k5 version.
HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer
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http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--|||First off, you need any product that has VS 2003, it definitely does NOT
need to be Enterprise Developer or Enterprise Architect. Very definitely
not. The cheapest way is to get VB.Net 2003, it used to cost about $100.
However, I don't know how you go about finding a copy to buy.
Now, if Enterprise Developer is the only one that you can find to purchase
it will work but any product that comes with VS 2003 will work.
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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<dan.dunkin@.at-net.net> wrote in message
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>I have a client who already has SQL-2000 SP4 installed and now wishes
> to have reporting services installed.
> The installation indicates a pre-requisite of Visual Sudio .Net 2003.
> Further investigation on Microsoft web site reveals that VS would have
> to be version "Enterprise Developer" or "Enterprise Architect."
> I know in SQL 2005 that VS is included. One option presented to the
> client would be to upgrade.
> My question is, was any form of visual studio included with SQL 2000
> or will the client need to purchase a license for Visual Studio .Net
> 2003? Is VS .Net 2003 even still available?
> Thanks in advance.
> Dan|||The MS web site says enterprise developer or architect are the only
ones that talk to SQL Server as opposed to destop databases (Access,
SQL Desktop). Do they mean something else (like you only need
enterprise for applications that directly access the database not
reports that will be run through report writer)?
On a side note, will Visual Studio 2005 Express (the free one) work?
Will any version of Visual Studio 2005 work?
Thanks!
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:40:52 -0600, "Bruce L-C [MVP]"
<bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote:
>First off, you need any product that has VS 2003, it definitely does NOT
>need to be Enterprise Developer or Enterprise Architect. Very definitely
>not. The cheapest way is to get VB.Net 2003, it used to cost about $100.
>However, I don't know how you go about finding a copy to buy.
>Now, if Enterprise Developer is the only one that you can find to purchase
>it will work but any product that comes with VS 2003 will work.|||Don=B4t know, but the information given by Bruce and me is valid. You
might want to share the link with us where this statement resides.
-Jens.
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http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--|||In this case it is a little different. You are only using VS to have
something to install the report designer into. So in this case what you are
reading about is something else entirely.
RS 2000 requires some version of VS 2003. Neither of the two you mention
will work. They use a different version of the framework (2.0 instead of 1.1
that RS 2000 uses).
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
<dan.dunkin@.at-net.net> wrote in message
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> The MS web site says enterprise developer or architect are the only
> ones that talk to SQL Server as opposed to destop databases (Access,
> SQL Desktop). Do they mean something else (like you only need
> enterprise for applications that directly access the database not
> reports that will be run through report writer)?
> On a side note, will Visual Studio 2005 Express (the free one) work?
> Will any version of Visual Studio 2005 work?
> Thanks!
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:40:52 -0600, "Bruce L-C [MVP]"
> <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>First off, you need any product that has VS 2003, it definitely does NOT
>>need to be Enterprise Developer or Enterprise Architect. Very definitely
>>not. The cheapest way is to get VB.Net 2003, it used to cost about $100.
>>However, I don't know how you go about finding a copy to buy.
>>Now, if Enterprise Developer is the only one that you can find to purchase
>>it will work but any product that comes with VS 2003 will work.|||THANK YOU! for everyone's help.
Dan