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associates
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2006-08-25 : 02:01:22
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| Hi,I'd like to get some help on this. I'm new to SQL Server but am keen to learn it. I have SQL Server 2000 SP4 running and wonder what kind of front end application is best suited for SQL Server 2000.Thank you in advance |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2006-08-25 : 02:07:32
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| Almost any programming language will be able to use SQL Server 2000 as backend.Any modern programming language will work. Use the one that is most comfortable for you.I think the there most popular languages [alphabetically] are C#, Delphi and VB.Net.Peter LarssonHelsingborg, Sweden |
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Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master
3271 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-25 : 03:32:15
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| Delphi? Are you serious? I'd say ASP, VB, VB.NET, C#...but it's like comparing a car designer with a car mechanic. You can't have one without the other, but the designer can design different cars and the mechanic can work with different engines. Usually one only gets really good with one of them...Edit: forgot about PHP...that's also pretty popular--Lumbago"Real programmers don't document, if it was hard to write it should be hard to understand" |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
30421 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-25 : 03:52:19
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I mostly use VB as front end. ASP & vbscript sometimes.But heavy duty DLL calculations such as number crunching, I write in Delphi and call from VB, since I am an old Pascal guy  . Database calls I do from VB.Peter LarssonHelsingborg, Sweden |
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afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2706 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-25 : 05:53:21
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Originally posted by associates
Hi,I'd like to get some help on this. I'm new to SQL Server but am keen to learn it. I have SQL Server 2000 SP4 running and wonder what kind of front end application is best suited for SQL Server 2000.Thank you in advance
Depends on what you intend to do and achieve ?1. Web ???2. Desktop App ???3. Multi OS App ???virtually all frontend apps use ODBC or a connection string to talk to the backend dbAfrika |
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KenW
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
391 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-25 : 12:26:17
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Lumbago,quote:
Delphi? Are you serious?
Why wouldn't he be? Delphi has more than 500,000 *registered* users worldwide (I highlight the *registered* because there are probably another 1/2 million unregistered users in just a couple of countries I won't mention). And Delphi now does .NET as well as Win32 development.Ken |
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associates
Starting Member
31 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-28 : 01:44:04
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| Thank you all for your support.I was planning to use VB .Net programming languages as a frontend. At the moment, i use microsoft Access 2003 and I have migrated almost 80% of all the tables and queries from Access to SQL Server 2000. I guess the next step is to re-write for the front end application using VB .Net so that i can totally abandon Access application.But i've got another question in regards to the report. You know how we can easily set up or create reports in Access using the provided wizard. How do i go about this? do i need another third party software to do the reporting service?Some of the reports i notice have got tables and are quite complicated layout.Thank you in advance |
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Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master
3271 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-28 : 02:21:54
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Why wouldn't he be?
Delphi might be huge for all I know but the fact that I don't know *anyone* whatsoever that knows Delphi just made it sound a little strange that this could be in the top 5 of programming languages. Maybe I should get som more friends  --Lumbago"Real programmers don't document, if it was hard to write it should be hard to understand" |
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svicky9
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2006-08-28 : 04:53:40
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| You can do reporting in Excel Pivotiong...and there is also reporting in Sql SErver REporting SErvices...which works with the Visual Studio Business Intelligence StudioVic |
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KenW
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
391 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-28 : 15:03:25
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Originally posted by LumbagoDelphi might be huge for all I know but the fact that I don't know *anyone* whatsoever that knows Delphi just made it sound a little strange that this could be in the top 5 of programming languages. Maybe I should get som more friends --Lumbago"Real programmers don't document, if it was hard to write it should be hard to understand"
Well, you know me. I switched from C/C++ to Delphi when Delphi 1 was released (~1996) and haven't looked back since (except to laugh at my friends who still code in C/C++  )Ken |
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dewacorp.alliances
452 Posts |
Posted - 2006-08-28 : 17:38:50
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| Hi thereMost of any languages will be able to talk with SQL 2000. Obviously, if you are Microsoft fan than you can use C# or VB.NET. Between these, the syntax a bit different. But if you are Java fans, than you can use Java. |
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