[mapguide-users] SQL Server 2000 FDO

[Jason Birch]

George,

Those are part of Autodesk's proprietary SQL Server provider, so yes
there are likely licensing issues.  It may work with MGOS, but you
probably legally have to have a license for MGE to use it.  If your
client prefers SQL Server you may be better off moving to Map
2009/MGOS2.0.2/SQL Server 2008.  This allows you to access SQL Server's
new Spatial support, and doesn't lock you into the semi-proprietary data
structure of the original ADSK SQL Server provider.  It's a relatively
untested provider though...

A couple things to check on your original problem:

- is the FDO version the same between Map 2008 and the version of
MapGuide you are running.

- have you re-started the MapGuide service?  The providers list is
cached.

You should not have to modify your Studio providers.xml list; I believe
that the local FDO installation is only used for load procedures.
Everything else should use the Server providers.  Could be wrong though.

Jason
 
-----Original Message-----
From: George McLean
Subject: [mapguide-users] SQL Server 2000 FDO

[snip]

I am using MG Studio 2008 and would like to build a data connection to 
this SQL Server datastore. I have copied the SQL Server entry from the 
providers.xml associated with Map 2008 to the  Mapguide Studio 
providers.xml and the MGOS providers.xml.

[snip]

Are 
there licensing issues?