Building on MSDE, but deploying in SQL 2000?

I'm new to SQL, so please forgive my rather primitive question...

If I build, for example, the Portal Starter Kit using MSDE, can I upload it to a host that supports SQL 2000 without having to make any special configurations? In other words, are MSDE and SQL 2000 interchangeable, for the most part?

Try these links first is the MSDE deployment toolkit and the second is SQL Server main site, try the first and if you run into problems, then download the evaluation edition it is good for 120 days and you can reinstall it. Hope this helps.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmsde/html/msdedepl.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/sql

|||That does help. Thank you very much! :)|||I am glad I was able to be of assistance.