'' regarding - MicroSoftDataEngine and SqlServerDesktopEngine'' ---- MSDE is a good engine & quality Client / Management tools are coming online; or write your own. * The distribution license is free (Good on you Bill) ** For MSDE stuff check out: *** http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/distsql/distsql_84xl.asp *** http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/default.asp *** http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?productID=&freetext=msde&DisplayLang=en * Best regards - Gary ---- --- '''A short blurb''' ''MSDE is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft'' * It is a scaled-down version of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or 2000 which is free for non-commercial use as well as certain limited commercial use * TimeContext: ** It was introduced at Microsoft TechEd in May 1999, and was included as part of Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition. ** Its successor, SQL Server Express was released in November 2005. ** Vendor support of MSDE ended on April 8, 2008 *** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDE