Comments on: Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Development Studio

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:58:52 +0000

Found this page on MSDN that discusses the VS2008 version:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173767.aspx

Looks like it can be installed from the SQL 2008 DVD.

By: william

william — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:04:43 +0000

I too try to install sql 2005 on a visual studio 2008 machine
The funny thing I am getting a copy of vs 2005 (does not work)
along with business intelligence development studio
I spent over a month looking into all the problems of installing
sql 2005 on vista vs 2008, I am disappointed that a patch
was not available for this problem. Now I am not sure
if I should unistall sql 2005 or just try running this solution….

By: Sonti

Sonti — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:53:36 +0000

Thanks for the info. And it was a great read too!

By: Wu Ping

Wu Ping — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:04:33 +0000

Leon, thanks for warning me!

By: lzandman

lzandman — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:51:34 +0000

Screetch, I haven’t yet encountered an official statement of Microsoft about this. You could be right that they aren’t going to fix this because SQL Server 2008 is coming out soon.

By: Screetch

Screetch — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:45:50 +0000

I hope Microsoft will release an update for BIDS, so we can really get rid of VS2005. On the other hand, SQL Server 2008 is about to be released, isn’t it? That one will probably use VS2008 out of the box.