Hello. I'm trying to understand what an SQL Server 2008 instance is. The documentation for SQL Server 2008 Books Online says "A copy of SQL...

Tony Girgenti

04-25-2010 12:49 PM
Erland Sommarskog

OK, finally managed to get SQL Server 2008 Express to install under Windows 7, and the service is staring without errors. However, after (also)...

JackBlack

04-25-2010 05:41 AM
Harpreet

I successfully installed the developer eddition of SQL Server 2008 on a Windows XP SP 3 Machine from the ISO download in my MSDN downloads. ...

Jim Hewitt

04-24-2010 12:43 AM
Sylvain Lafontaine

Good day... I'm sure this is a common error.... Is there a place where I need to add my Admin ID to to allow access??? Many thanks... Michael The...

MikeL

04-23-2010 02:14 AM
Levon

I've recently got a new server hardware, thats having dual AMD OPTERON 6 core CPU x64 processors The OS I am running is Win2K3 R2, SP2 wiith all...

JimmyBoy

04-23-2010 01:42 AM
JimmyBoy

Hello, When trying to connect to my SQL Server Express 2008, I get the following error: Cannot connect to (local) Error Number: 2 Severity:...

Michel Vanderbeke

04-22-2010 04:21 PM
Michel Vanderbeke

I'm trying to install SQL Server 2005 and reporting services on a new Windows Server 2008R2 (64-bit) server. SQL Server itself installs fine, but...

Bret Miller

04-22-2010 10:41 AM
Brendan Bartlett

I am trying to download SQL Server 2005 express Edition and I get an error message while installing through a tutorial. I get this error message...

Eddy

04-21-2010 04:54 PM
Erland Sommarskog

Hello All, I am trying to uninstall SQL Server using the following commands but SQL Server 2005 SP3 sqlncli fails. Any suggestions and resolution...

Armoghan Shah

04-19-2010 04:33 PM
Armoghan Shah

Hi all, I'm unable to install SQL Server (2005, 2008, 2008 SP1 or 2008 R2 CTP) on my new windows 7 machine. Everything runs fine untill the...

Zekske

04-19-2010 08:08 AM
Zekske

I have a 2 node active/passive cluster running SQL2008 with SP1. Installation was performed by command line script using a config file. Started with...

tom

04-19-2010 07:31 AM
Charles Wang [MSFT]

Hi We're planing to relocate our system databases to a new disk that is being added to out SQL Server 2008 cluster. I've found this...

MRWildiac

04-19-2010 03:38 AM
MRWildiac

Hello: I am trying to find a current tutorial on downloading SQL 2005 Express Edition and another tutorial in downloading SQL Management Studio. ...

Eddy

04-17-2010 02:42 PM
Dave Patrick

I have done quite a bit of research on this issue, but I haven't seen it addressed specifically here. I am installing two SQL 2005 servers as...

Robert Bryan

04-15-2010 10:06 PM
Robert Bryan

I have a bit of a weird one here. I am trying to setup a System DSN on a computer and it keeps telling me the server does not exist or access...

DomitianX

04-14-2010 03:22 PM
DomitianX

Dear all, I am completing my B-Tech last year (correspondence 75% average). I have experience on ASP.NET with C# - language from 2 years And I know...

ravi kiran

04-14-2010 12:51 AM
ravi kiran

Dear all, I am completing my B-Tech last year (correspondence 75% average). I have experience on ASP.NET with C# - language from 2 years And I know...

ravi kiran

04-14-2010 12:50 AM
ravi kiran

Hi Have a client with SBS2003 Premium under VMWARE on one box and Terminal Server 2003 under XEN 5.5 on another box in the same sbs 2003...

Ash Rile

04-13-2010 07:03 AM
Ash Rile

I'm setting up a SQL server 2008 x64 cluster w/ 12GB of RAM each. I read about the lock pages in memory user right assignment and I was wondering...

CK

04-12-2010 06:27 PM
CK

I understand it is a best practice to run SQL Server (2008 standard) under a domain account that has the least permissions required. Could anyone...

Patrick Jackman

04-12-2010 01:17 PM
Patrick Jackman

When installing SQL 2008 I keep getting the following error: MSI Error: 25541 Error 25541.Failed to open XML...

franzpaniero

04-12-2010 10:44 AM
franzpaniero

Are there any issues with installing SQLServer 2008 64-bit Enterprise Edition on Windows 2008 64-bit Standard Edition? Would all the features of...

rgn

04-11-2010 07:21 PM
Gopinath Rajee

Not a SQL guy ..... Want to schedule the query to run automatically -> import data to a file and email me. Using SQL 2005 Express Edition with SQL...

WildPacket

04-09-2010 09:56 PM
RobertK.

hi there, This should be a simple question for a sql guru! I need to uninstall a sql server 2005 instance leaving the other instances well alone....

Al Eman

04-08-2010 02:38 AM
Al Eman

Hi all, I was trying to install sql server 2008 on windows server 2008 R2, but it fails with error 2337 without installing it. Any ideas? TIA

Fanor P.

04-06-2010 09:50 PM
Fanor P.

Trying to install SQL 2008 on an out-of-the-box Dell T610 with 64 bit Server 2008 Std. and get an error saying the .NET 3.5 install failed. After...

JR

04-05-2010 06:25 PM
JR

Ok Gurus Here is a doosey or at least I can not find any info on this anywhere... We have a 2005 sql server that is running very slow, this is a 64...

Bill_Orova

04-05-2010 02:58 PM
Bill_Orova

I can't find any settings in SSMS that allow you to change the location for saving scripts. When I open SSMS up for the first time in the day, it...

Keith G Hicks

04-03-2010 12:31 PM
Keith G Hicks

Hi, there are too many incompatibility messages during Microsoft SQL Server 2005 setup in Windows 7 and even during SP3 setup. So, will Microsoft...

Anatoly Kurilin

04-03-2010 09:24 AM
Ekrem Önsoy

I have an authentication problem. The entire setup worked fine for years when the webserver was a domain member, but after I went to SBS2008, I...

Paul

04-03-2010 09:21 AM
Ekrem Önsoy

Hello, I support an application where all resources are mirrored across two data centers. We have a situation where our clustered SQL servers in...

rich

03-31-2010 10:29 AM
Rick Byham, MSFT

Hi All, I've just installed SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition. I have opened up Visual Studio but the only project templates available are the...

dagoro

03-30-2010 10:54 AM
jgurgul

Hi - I have several instances of SQL 2k I'm trying to analyze. They were all installed (by others) without the client tools (Ent Mgr, etc.)....

Steve M

03-29-2010 11:08 PM
Steve M

Greetings, We are running SQL Server 2000 SP4. One of the db instances has grown pretty rapidly and we're using the front-end application to...

PaddleHard

03-29-2010 09:27 AM
PaddleHard

What can I do prior to installing SQL to performance tune my new SQL 2008 x64 server? Any recommendation re: page file, memory settings, network...

CK

03-27-2010 08:54 PM
CK

I am getting this error: There is already an object named 'sysnsobjs' in the database. Any ideas?

Reworking

03-27-2010 03:22 PM
Erland Sommarskog

I have SQL Server Management Studio Express installed in my Microsoft SQL Server 2005 directory folder on Windows XP SP3. I recently installed...

Mark

03-25-2010 04:43 PM
Erland Sommarskog

I have been trying for days to run the SQL 2008 setup on my machine. Basically, the setup program will not run. The first time it ran it...

Craig Stewart

03-24-2010 04:31 PM
Erland Sommarskog

I ran into a problem running a 64 bit clustered install of SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition. This install was done on Windows Server 2008...

Cgallelli

03-24-2010 11:06 AM
JimJohnston

I have Visual Studio 2005 Professional, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server Management Studio 2005, and Visual Studio 2008 Professional installed on...

Mark

03-23-2010 11:15 PM
Mark

I am tying to load SQL Server 2005 on a computer for a tet base. Using the 64 bit vrsion on a Windows 7 6 bit system I am not able to install the...

RW

03-23-2010 07:58 PM
RW

I am using sql 2005 standard edition, and i want to move my system databases from the C drive to a new E drive I have setup on my windows 2003...

guv

03-23-2010 11:15 AM
Gail Erickson [MS]

Hi, I'm trying to install the SQL 2008 client toolset on XP sp3. I put in the CD & get a message 'SQL Server 2008 setup requires Microsoft .NET...

richard@tortoise.demon.co.uk

03-23-2010 07:52 AM
richard@tortoise.demon.co.uk

This Win 2003 Std Server running Sql Server 2005 std. Everything worked since I first installed Sql Server on this machine 6 months ago. It...

Wishard, Douglas

03-22-2010 09:43 AM
Wishard, Douglas

The object explorer used to be fixed to the left side of SQL Server Management Studio and the query ran to the right of it. Now the query occupies...

RMCompute

03-22-2010 08:58 AM
Rick Byham, MSFT

I would like to create a package to install SQL Server (Express) with adding the current user as an administrator. The default package has the...

Jeremy Sage

03-19-2010 02:58 PM
Jeremy Sage

Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm currently in the process of installing a SQL Cluster on Windows 2008 Ent Edition using Windows...

tonyw88

03-19-2010 11:32 AM
tonyw88

(cross-post added to SQL Setup) "Rockitman" <Rockitman (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com>...

Robert Aldwinckle

03-18-2010 10:49 AM
Robert Aldwinckle

I have both SQL Server 2008 and Express 2008 installed. When I try to connect with Management Studio, neither of those instances appears in the list...

Paul Pedersen

03-18-2010 10:19 AM
Paul Pedersen

Hi, I am the newbie about SQL server. I am facing a problem about install SQL2000 standard server over Windows2003 SP2 standard server. While I...

tlee

03-17-2010 09:36 PM
tlee