Dan from SQL Server has been driving an effort to improve the shared hosting story for web applications that rely on a SQL Server database.  We’ve all heard the customer complaints “How do I move my SQL Server Express database to GoDaddy?” …..

Well the SQL Server team released the first CTP of a client side tool for scripting out SQL Server Express databases and generating T-SQL that can be run inside hosters control panels.  This is just the first phase of the solution but it gives developers a huge leap forward in solving this problem.

The tool is available on codeplex and there is a wiki that explains the first CTP release http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=sqlhost&title=Database%20Publishing%20Wizard

Dan also has a blog post on the work at http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserver/archive/2006/10/16/sql-server-hosting-toolkit-launched.aspx