InstantForum 2017-1 FinalStrataFrame Forumhttp://forum.strataframe.net/StrataFrame ForumTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:16:36 GMT20http://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost19482.aspxAfter having to format my workstation and reinstall everything, I encountered a very lovely error installing StrataFrame 1.6.6<br> <br> I thought I would go about using SQLExpress 2008 vs. SQLExpress 2005... so my development setup is using VS 2008 SP1 with SQLExpress 2008.<br> <br> The general exception is this:<br> [codesnippet]ConnectionFailureException: Failed to connect to server <SERVER>\SQLExpress.<br> This SQL Server version (10.0) is not supported.<br> Source: Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo[/codesnippet]<br> <br> Attached is the exception screenshot.Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:05:49 GMTCroneshttp://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost19486.aspxWe'll likely have some beta releases that begin implimenting it before long, but we won't support it officially until the first quarter of next year at the earliest. </P><P>We know that more and more people will go to it as time goes on, but it needs to be vetted thoroughly so that we have a full knowledge of how data type translations and the like will function before moving to it en-masse.Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:05:49 GMTDustin Taylorhttp://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost19484.aspxThat's a bummer... :(<br> Any idea on when StrataFrame will officially support SQL 2008?Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:47:38 GMTCroneshttp://forum.strataframe.net/FindPost19483.aspxThis is because the references assemblies within those deployments are SQL 9.0.&nbsp; We don't yet officially support SQL 2008 since moving forward to the 10.0 assemblies will need to include signifigant testing to ensure backwards compatablity.&nbsp; </P><P>So for the StrataFrame database, you'll need a SQL&nbsp;2005 instance.Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:16:21 GMTDustin Taylor