MSDE is a version of SQL server. The main difference is with MSDE the Database size is limited to, I believe, 2GB. The other limitation is it does not come with the SQL enterprise manager but if you have a copy of that you can monitor and manage MSDE. Thanks _______________________________________________ Michael Day Kinecor Senior Technical Analyst Work: 905-879-2082 mday@xxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Parr Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:01 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] MF XP FR3 Access Datastore I notice Access datastores do seem to really easily get corrupted. Will moving to MSDE eliminate these headaches. SQL is best I am sure but will MSDE be equally as stable as SQL? Steve Parr Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing Ltd.