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SQL Server 2008 BIDS without the Database Engine

Does anyone know how we can install BIDS for SQL Server 2008 without having to install the Database Engine?

With the SQL Server 2008 Express install it appears to be mandatory to install the Database Engine when all we would like the end users to have access to is BIDS to develop their RDL's to deploy to an existing SSRS instance?

It looks like BIDS 2005 was available as a standalone download - the toolkit - however I cannot find anything similar for 2008.

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