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How to install the website in a production environment
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1. Set up a SQL Server database, along with a username and password for connecting to it.
2. Edit the DatabaseSetup\App.config and WebSite\web.config: change the connection string to reflect your newly created database
3. Run the command "DatabaseSetup.exe CreateVersion1 -setpassword YourAdminPassword" but make sure to replace YourAdminPassword with something else. This will create a metadataexpress user called admin, with your specified password
4. Open the web.config file and change <compilation debug="true"> 
to <compilation debug="false">



How to start developing in Visual Studio 2008
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1. Set up a SQL Server database, along with a username and password for connecting to it.
2. Edit the DatabaseSetup\App.config and WebSite\web.config: change the connection string to reflect your newly created database
3. Run the command "DatabaseSetup.exe CreateVersion1 -setpassword YourAdminPassword" but make sure to replace YourAdminPassword with something else. This will create a metadataexpress user called admin, with your specified password
4. Open the metadataexpress.sln file

Where to find drivers for connecting to databases
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MySql:
MySQL connector is available at 
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/5.0.html

Informix:
Included with IBM Informix Client SDK V3.50 available at
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/search.jsp?rs=ifxdl&S_TACT=105AGX11&S_CMP=LP

Oracle:
The .NET Managed Provider for Oracle is available from Microsoft at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f55d429-17dc-45ea-bfb3-076d1c052524&DisplayLang=en