Problems with building Mercury Quality Center 9.0

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1. DifferencesMicrosoft SQL Server Desktop EngineAndWindows Internal DatabaseVersion issues

Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine(MSDE) andWindows Internal Database(Codenamed WYukon, sometimes referred to as SQL Server Embedded Edition,) is a completely different version,Windows Internal DatabaseSQL Server Management Studio Express can be used for graphical Management through named pipe connections, while MSDE does not seem to provide any graphical Management tools for it.

 

I likeWindows Internal DatabaseIt is easy to explain to colleagues who do not know the command at least. The connection method is attached here:\\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query

Refer to the introduction of Wiki:

SQL Server Management Studio Express can be used to connect to an instance of Windows Internal Database using\\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\queryAs instance name. But this will only work locally, as Remote Connections cannot be enabled for this edition of SQL Server.

 

If you are interested, you can continue to look at the following link.

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDE

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Internal_Database

 

2. Mercury Quality Center 9.0 is incompatible with Internet Explorer 8.0.

It seems that Internet Explorer 8.0 is more secure and the ActiveX Control used by Mercury Quality Center 9.0 cannot work properly. It is assumed that these ActiveX controls are not signed. Internet Explorer 8.0 considers them unsafe and does not allow them to run.

I have no time to try it. My colleague said that Mercury Quality Center 9.0 can run normally on Windows 2000, so I am sure Mercury Quality Center 9.0 is compatible with Internet Explorer 6.0. Therefore, I have installed an IETester on the local machine, and it is solved by running it in IE6 mode of IETester.

 

By the way: Mercury Quality Center 9.0 connects to different versions of SQL Server. Be careful when some versions limit the maximum data file size to 2 GB. When this restriction is reached, the errors reported by Mercury Quality Center 9.0 may make some system administrators stupid.

 

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