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Re: SQL Server 2008: Front-End Languages

From	Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver, microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming
Subject	Re: SQL Server 2008: Front-End Languages
Followup-To	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver
Date	2011-07-15 11:05 +0200
Organization	Erland Sommarskog
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Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:
>      Enough playing in the guts.  Now, I need to figure out which
> language or language to use for front-end code.  The system being
> planned is for a small company, and the system must be easily
> modifiable.
> 
>      What are your suggestions, and how does one get strated with your
> suggestions?

I don't think this is a topic for this forum really. But if you want a 
heated discussion there are lot of places where you can stick your
nose in.

Personally, it seems to me that the natural choice is .Net. Whether you use
C# or VB .Net is secondary choice, although I prefer C# myself.

You mentioned Access, and all my knowledge about Access are the questions 
I see from Access programmers in the SQL Server forums. As I understand
it, Access is extremely good if you want something up and running quickly.
But I wonder whether it is an environment you can grow in? .Net also has a 
strong point on RAD (Rapid Application Development) features, but it can
also be used for big Enterprise multi-tier solutions.

Then again, you have a background in FoxPro, and one my client has a big
SQL Server application where lot of the client code is in FoxPro, even
though if they are moving to .Net.

-- 
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Links for SQL Server Books Online:
SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx
SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx

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SQL Server 2008: Front-End Languages Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-07-14 15:39 -0700
  Re: SQL Server 2008: Front-End Languages Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-07-14 21:43 -0700
  Re: SQL Server 2008: Front-End Languages Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-07-15 11:05 +0200
    Re: SQL Server 2008: Front-End Languages Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-07-15 11:06 -0700
      Re: SQL Server 2008: Front-End Languages "Kurt Dicus" <kdicus@dicus.com> - 2011-07-21 00:56 -0700

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