INSTALLING MSDE

I followed all instructions, then I got an example from microsoft on creating a database, it isjust a visual basic example, it has a button create database and it says sql server not found but i can see it on the tray that it is running and using the web interface i can see the databases so i dont know why doesnt the microsoft created example doesnt work.
Thank youShell out to a DOS prompt and type in

osql -L

This will provide you a list of the SQL servers you have access to.

Now, compare this server name to the name of the server in the connection string you are using.

Do they match?

If they match, please provide the connection string you are using and the exact error message you are getting.

Terri

installing .Net framework and sql server issues

I have downloaded .net,visual basic and sql server components (2005 beta 2)
- I had .net 1.0 and no other vb or sql server versions on my machine.
- i uninstalled the 1.0 framework and installed the 2.0 beta 2 version
- when i tried to install sql server it told me that i either had previous versions of sql server or .net on my machine.
- i therefore uninstalled .net beta 2 and tried installing sql server again
-- this time i got a message saying "please install .net 2.0 before proceeding"
-- i have no clues as how to proceed
-- i used the clean up tools--sqlbuw.exe and vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe

Thank you

There's a full uninstall here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967

installing .Net framework and sql server issues

I have downloaded .net,visual basic and sql server components (2005 beta 2)
- I had .net 1.0 and no other vb or sql server versions on my machine.
- i uninstalled the 1.0 framework and installed the 2.0 beta 2 version
- when i tried to install sql server it told me that i either had previous versions of sql server or .net on my machine.
- i therefore uninstalled .net beta 2 and tried installing sql server again
-- this time i got a message saying "please install .net 2.0 before proceeding"
-- i have no clues as how to proceed
-- i used the clean up tools--sqlbuw.exe and vs2005_beta_cleanup_tool.exe

Thank you

There's a full uninstall here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967

sql

Installation of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

I have tried to install Visual Basic Express Beta2 on 2 different machines directly from the net as well as from the image file (from harddisk using ISOBuster 1.7). While the installations of the Betas of Framework 2.0, VB, MSDN Express Lib all worked OK and went on until the very end of the Server installation the system reports: "The following components failed to install: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition April CTP".
Can anyone help? thank you
FredI have the same experience except with VB replaced by C# 2005 Beta 2|||Exactly the same problem here! Win XP Home, SP2, Swedish version. Same prob on both my machines.
Per|||Do you have any other SQL Server 2005 CTP components installed on the machine? To troubleshoot this I'll need the log files from the SQL installation. You can find them in the following location: %Program Files%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\log\files\*.log. You can zip the files before attaching them.

Thanks,
Dan|||Hi all,

I think that this link can help http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/get/vsbeta2installissues/default.aspx

Regards
Nilton