Installation problem

I have tried several times to install SQL Exress and get the same failure all the time. The first time it failed was when I was trying to install the VB Express Edition. Recently I downloaded the VB Express 2008 edition, which installed without any problems. When SQL Express tried to install it failed with an error that just says 'SQL Server setup unexpectedly failed, review the summary.txt in the setup log'. I went to that file and below is what it says.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.3042.00
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OS Version : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Time : Wed Jun 27 01:18:21 2007

This is the only thing in the summar.txt file. It is in /program files/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Setup Bootstrap/summary.txt .

Is there any way to get this program to instll?

Thanks,
Fred

Are there any files located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files?

Mike

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There are .cab files from each time that I tried to install and then in a folder 'files', there are a series of .xml files that all start with "SQLSetup0023_MRHOME_Datastore.XML", it is a 4kb file that I can't open to view. The only difference is the series of numbers, I guess for each attempt in setup. There is also a "SQLSetup0023_MRHOME_Core.log" that is empty

Thanks,

Fred

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Open the most recent cab file and see if there is anything inside other than what you've already seen. You're looking for more detailed log files for the various components that tried to install.

Have you tried to install SQL Express in any way other than through Visual Studio? They are using the exact same bits that can be downloaded from the web, but if you haven't tried, it might be worth installing SQL Expres using the setup UI rather than from the command line as VS is doing. You can download the package from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/downloads.

Mike

|||SQLSetUp0023.cab holds
SQLSetUp0023_MRHOME_Datastore.XML and a SQLSetUp0023_MRHOME_Core.log .
The '.log' file is empty and I can't open the XML file.

My installation tries recently have been with the downloaded SQLEXPR.exe that was downloaded from Microsoft. It creates the same error.

Is there anyway I can send you the .XML file for you to examine?

Sorry for the delay in response, but the forums would not let me respond for the last 2 days.

Any idea what is happening?

Thanks,
Fred Blar|||

Hi Fred,

The XML file doesn't contain any information that would be of value so there isn't any point in sending it in. This one is kind of a stumper since setup is not even getting to a point where it's creating logs to indicate what is wrong. Do you get any error message during setup when the failure happens? If so, could you respond with the exact and full text of the error message?

Also, what step of setup are you on when the failure happens.

Mike

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The steps are hard to see, they go so fast. It is extracting files from Setup/Program Files/Microsoft SQL and putting them into a temp file on the C drive; it is C: and then a lot of letters and numbers.

Then it just stops with the error message below.

"SQL Server Setup" unexpectedly failed. For more information, review the Setup Summary Log in %Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup\Bootstrap\LOF\summary.txt "

The summary.txt is the file that I placed in the original question. It only shows what program was running, no extra data.

I there another version of the Express product on the near horizon? I had a similar problem with the VB Express installation, it would not install the 'templates'. Everything looked like it ran completely, but the templates were not there when I wanted to start a new project.

I downloaded the 'Orcas' version and everything installed fine with the 2008 version.

Thanks,

Fred