Can I download SQL Server User Interface for free?

I have a purchased product that contains a SQL Server database. I was hoping to access the database with a SQL Server front-end, however I don't have a separate licensed copy of SQL Server. Is there a way I can obtain a free copy of the user interface for
a SQL Server DB?
I am guessing that you are running on MSDE. Perhaps you will find MSDE =
manager useful:
http://www.whitebearconsulting.com/Utilities.htm
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Keith
"AFG" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
news:42647C63-C881-4F78-B7E4-1017DE296CEA@.microsoft.com...
> I have a purchased product that contains a SQL Server database. I was =
hoping to access the database with a SQL Server front-end, however I =
don't have a separate licensed copy of SQL Server. Is there a way I can =
obtain a free copy of the user interface for a SQL Server DB?
|||You can use Visual Studio .Net to see the UI. I think you can use Enterprise Manager to see the MSDE, too.
|||If you do not have a licensed version of SQL Server you cannot legally use
teh utilities that come with SQL Server.
Rand
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|||look into "Toad For MS SQL Server"
http://www.toadsoft.com/toadss.html
not a bad tool and it's free
Greg Jackson
PDX, Oregon