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I’ve built my entire app around an SQL Server Express 2008 DB and realized as time goes on that the potential to go over the 4GB limit is there. I was wonddering what I’m up against in switching from MSSQL to MySQL keeping in mind that I’m heavily using the Entity Framework and Linq.
You might also want to consider upgrading to SQL Server Express 2008 R2, because MS increased the maximum database size from 4 GB to 10 GB.
If your database will not get that big, you might get away with that.
If it is likely to grow over 10 GB, then of course upgrading to SQL Server 2008 R2 doesn’t help you in the long term.
But maybe upgrading to R2 at least buys you some more time to make the switch to MySQL.
EDIT
John, the download size depends on the edition of SQL Server Express. There are three editions with different sizes:
The “bigger” editions include stuff like SQL Server Management Studio and Reporting Services.
If you don’t need that and just want a database, the smallest edition is enough for you.