MSDE for more than one user?

[Anders]

Hello Group! Please forgive me if this isn't the right group for my questions,
and if this matter has been posted before.

My basic problem is that a collegue and I are using a software and want to
connect to the same database, MSDE is provided with the software, and of
course we could buy SQL Server 7 if it's necessary, but it feels like overkill
at this moment.

On several pages presenting software solutions I can read tha MSDE
is suitable for sharing a database in a smaller workgroup (up to
five connections). But I can't find any information if it's legal to do so.
Is it? Actually I can't even find a EULA for MSDE anywhere.

Neither can I find any instructions of how to do, and the software provider
dont have a clue.

Just trying to connect to the computer acting as "server" using
the computers networkname doesn't work. Is it the problem with "Named pipes"?
If so, is there a work-around, that's legal (of course).

I would appreciate if someone helped me with these questions.

Thanks in advance!

Anders
Sweden

[DaveSatz]

not sure, but this might help:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/off2000/htm
l/acconAboutMSDE.asp
"Anders" <a.lundberg@lycos.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hello Group! Please forgive me if this isn't the right group for my
questions,
> and if this matter has been posted before.
>
> My basic problem is that a collegue and I are using a software and want to
> connect to the same database, MSDE is provided with the software, and of
> course we could buy SQL Server 7 if it's necessary, but it feels like
overkill
> at this moment.
>
> On several pages presenting software solutions I can read tha MSDE
> is suitable for sharing a database in a smaller workgroup (up to
> five connections). But I can't find any information if it's legal to do
so.
> Is it? Actually I can't even find a EULA for MSDE anywhere.
>
> Neither can I find any instructions of how to do, and the software
provider
> dont have a clue.
>
> Just trying to connect to the computer acting as "server" using
> the computers networkname doesn't work. Is it the problem with "Named
pipes"?
> If so, is there a work-around, that's legal (of course).
>
> I would appreciate if someone helped me with these questions.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Anders
> Sweden