Multiple instances of MSDE on same server?

can I install 2 separate apps from 2 separate vendors on the same machine,
if they both use MSDE? If so, is it simply installing a separate instance
for the 2nd install? Thanks.
Greg.
r3gbrewer@.health.nb.ca
Yes, that's usually what happens. Though different vendors do it
differently. Some will detect existing instances and ask if you want to use
one of them. I also remember seeing apps that just picked an arbitrary
existing instance if it found one.
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> can I install 2 separate apps from 2 separate vendors on the same machine,
> if they both use MSDE? If so, is it simply installing a separate instance
> for the 2nd install? Thanks.
> Greg.
> r3gbrewer@.health.nb.ca
>
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