Cheapest way to purchase SQL Reporting Services

Within my department we have 1 copy of of vb studio.net standard and 2 copies
of vb studio.net enterprise and run sql server 2000.
One of the guys is writing a system which I have to report on using SQL
Reporting Services. As I don't have any .net product, do I have to purchase a
.net product to then get a development edition of SQL Reporting Services to
write any reports etc.
Looking for the cheapest way to be able to use SQL Reporting Services as I
work in the NHS (lucky me).
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks, MarkYour SQL license gives you RS. All you need to develop report is a copy of
VS. The cheapest way to aquire it is VB.net standard.
=?Utf-8?B?bWFya19tZW56aWVz?= <mark_menzies@.discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:DC6ABF54-CFC9-417F-A898-1DB7FCB21549@.microsoft.com:
> Within my department we have 1 copy of of vb studio.net standard and 2
> copies of vb studio.net enterprise and run sql server 2000.
> One of the guys is writing a system which I have to report on using
> SQL Reporting Services. As I don't have any .net product, do I have to
> purchase a .net product to then get a development edition of SQL
> Reporting Services to write any reports etc.
> Looking for the cheapest way to be able to use SQL Reporting Services
> as I work in the NHS (lucky me).
> Any help will be much appreciated.
> Thanks, Mark
>|||Also, RS 2005 comes with a version of VS so no extra purchase is required.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Asher_N" <compguy666@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Your SQL license gives you RS. All you need to develop report is a copy of
> VS. The cheapest way to aquire it is VB.net standard.
> =?Utf-8?B?bWFya19tZW56aWVz?= <mark_menzies@.discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in news:DC6ABF54-CFC9-417F-A898-1DB7FCB21549@.microsoft.com:
>> Within my department we have 1 copy of of vb studio.net standard and 2
>> copies of vb studio.net enterprise and run sql server 2000.
>> One of the guys is writing a system which I have to report on using
>> SQL Reporting Services. As I don't have any .net product, do I have to
>> purchase a .net product to then get a development edition of SQL
>> Reporting Services to write any reports etc.
>> Looking for the cheapest way to be able to use SQL Reporting Services
>> as I work in the NHS (lucky me).
>> Any help will be much appreciated.
>> Thanks, Mark
>>
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