SQL Client on Windows 95?

[jcfrasco]

We have an inventory program that has been updated by it's manufacturer and now it's changing to a SQL Server database. We have some computers running Windows 95 and some running Windows 2000. The people that will mostly use the program are using Windows 95 computers and we were told that we can't load the SQL Client on these machines. We are hesitant to upgrade to Windows 2000 because the old program runs in DOS and doesn't seem to work well in the Win 2000 operating system. Until we have proved the newer version works the way it's supposed to the CEO doesn't want to take the old version off line. Can you load SQL Client on a Windows 95 machine and if so, how?

Thank you,
jcfrasco

 

[tlbroadbent]

You cannot load the SQL Server client tools such as Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, etc. on Windows 95. You can still run client software on Windows 95 - i.e., ODBC, ADO, ASP, Access, VB, Java, Crystal, ... and connect to SQL Server 2000.

In my opinion, most users should NOT have access to the SQL Server client tools. Those should be reserved for DBAs and Developers. Terry

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