I have the following machine configuration
Win 2K Prof Edition
SQL Server 2000
Visual Studio.Net 2003

I am  getting the following error when I am trying to open the database
connection
"An error was encountered while running the program  "DLL for class not
found". The application is developed in eVB 3.0.Can any one explain why? and

I am creating an application for my PPC. I went through the online
documentation and now know how to create a database. The database is
generally created in My Documents folder (file extension .sdf). I am
building that application on my desktop and testing it on emulator. Can

I need to develop an .NET CF application for pocket pc that uses sql
server ce to store data. What are the scenarios that SQL Server 2000 and
SQL Server CE are free to use and distribute to customers along with
applications? What are the restrictions? Where can I find information ...

I've a corrupted database (in Query analyser : error 0x80004005, native
error : (25017)). Normally, i compact it and it works, but i that case the
compact function failed (even in query analyser). Is there another way to
recover database ?

On my PPC, I have .Net Compact Framework installed, but I am not able to see
my SQL Server CE Query Analyzer. Is this how its supposed to be? Or there is
a way by which I see Query Analyzer? If yes, how?
Thanks in advance.

I have the following configuration:
Win2K Profession Edition - OS
SQL Server 2000
IIS 5.0

I'm developing a VB.NET application and I can't seem to get RDA to
work in my development environment.  (Windows XP Pro with IIS 5.1; SQL
Server 2000.  Pocket PC 2003 device.  SQL CE 2.0)
When I try an RDA pull, I get the following two errors:

I am trying to determine the column data types via "select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS". The problem I am having is in determining nchar from nvarchar from ntext. The DATA_TYPE is always the same (130). The COLUMN_FLAGS appears to distinguish between them (122=nchar, ...

I have set a transactional replication by Interprise
Manager, but when I create a subscriber using "Pull
Subscription to ..." it creates it succesfuly and even
gives me this message that "you have created the

when the tables in the SQL CE would  required to be
synchronized with the tables in the main SQL Server
database,then whether to synchronize the PDA devices are
required to physically connected to them or can be done

I wrote a sql ce merge replication app for a pocket pc using c#.
The idea is that multiple pocket pc's can access the replication on the
server. However, each pocket pc will be used by a specific user and each user
will work with his own specific data.

Question #1.
I have write to a database application. User would be
accessing the data from their PDAs. Let's there are 50 PDA
devices. Whether we have to buy 50 SQL Server CE Editions.

Is it possible to create a desktop application in VB.NET that access SQL-data directly from the SQLCE database on the device when it is connected via cradle?
I found a tool called RemoteSQLCe at www.gui-innovations.com but this product cannot integrate with a custom application. I ...

where can I get beta version of the new Microsoft SQL Server Mobile Edition (code named "Laguna")
Thank You.