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The SQL Server MSDE /EXPRESS editions will do it 
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The SQL Server MSDE /EXPRESS editions will do it

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do I need database services or client components?
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do I need database services or client components?

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you need to install the database services because it is the database functionality, but you also want the client components so that you can interact with the database....the client components is the GUI tool.
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you need to install the database services because it is the database functionality, but you also want the client components so that you can interact with the database....the client components is the GUI tool.

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here is the link to the client tool <br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en</a>
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here is the link to the client tool
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en]

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what free version of SQL server 2000/2005/2008 will allow me to create a sql database from scratch, thank you.
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what free version of SQL server 2000/2005/2008 will allow me to create a sql database from scratch, thank you.

SQL Server 2005 creating sql databases

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

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