Installing MSDE2000 sp3 - help

Hiya folks,
I'm a newbie at this, so forgive the ignorance that I may display!
I have installed a software package on my system that installs MSDE through
merge modules contained in its MSI. I have several workstations that
connect. Unfortunately, with SP2 coming down the pipe for windows xp, i
have to do lots of fancy stuff to make sure they still connect (it uses
named pipes tcp/ip). The solution according to microsoft is to install SP3
for sql...i've downloaded the MSDE version of the upgrade, and attempted to
install for several hours with no luck.
First, it said i required a strong password, which i supplised in the
setup.ini:
[options]
sapassword="mypassword"
Things started to load, and then the installer quit. Confused, I started it
again. Now the installer is giving me '
the instance name specified is invalid'
Ok, so i go back to the setup.ini and add a line
[options]
sapassword="mypassword"
instancename="liveddm"
and STILL, i get the invalid instance name error message. No matter what I
seem to try, it is telling me i have an invalid instance name; if i use
enterprise manager, i can clearly see my instance and browse the attached
database. I've also tried instancename="computername\liveddm" with no luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Sheldon
sheldon@.REMOVETHISthedoctorcompany.com
Sheldon Purkiss wrote:
> Hiya folks,
> I'm a newbie at this, so forgive the ignorance that I may display!
> I have installed a software package on my system that installs MSDE through
> merge modules contained in its MSI. I have several workstations that
> connect. Unfortunately, with SP2 coming down the pipe for windows xp, i
> have to do lots of fancy stuff to make sure they still connect (it uses
> named pipes tcp/ip). The solution according to microsoft is to install SP3
> for sql...i've downloaded the MSDE version of the upgrade, and attempted to
> install for several hours with no luck.
> First, it said i required a strong password, which i supplised in the
> setup.ini:
> [options]
> sapassword="mypassword"
> Things started to load, and then the installer quit. Confused, I started it
> again. Now the installer is giving me '
> the instance name specified is invalid'
> Ok, so i go back to the setup.ini and add a line
> [options]
> sapassword="mypassword"
> instancename="liveddm"
> and STILL, i get the invalid instance name error message. No matter what I
> seem to try, it is telling me i have an invalid instance name; if i use
> enterprise manager, i can clearly see my instance and browse the attached
> database. I've also tried instancename="computername\liveddm" with no luck.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
> Sheldon
> sheldon@.REMOVETHISthedoctorcompany.com
>
>
>
Hi Sheldon
Unfortunately, I believe that if your software vendor has installed MSDE
using merge modules from within their own MSI they will need to supply
you with the patch package themselves.
See http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2000/sp3.asp
Tony

installation Problem

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Hi folks,
Let me tell you about my problem. My client is in U.S.A. They have a web data base server (SQL SERVER) some where in U.S.A itself. I have to make the application in ASP. So now I'm not getting how to make a installer which will autometically register th DLLs at the server, make the virtual direstory of my application, run the data base script. and restore the backup file? It'll be a great help, if any one of you can help me out in this regard.

Thanking you.You could outsource that to the United States. :) Otherwise, have you looked at www.asp.net for installation package? I think you'll find what you need there.

Installation error

Hey Folks,
Can anyone decipher this error we encountered while we installed SQL Server...
################################################## #############################
Starting Service ...
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
-m -Q -T4022 -T3659
An error occurred while attempting to start the service (1058)
SQL Server configuration failed.
################################################## #############################
19:59:19 Process Exit Code: (-1)
19:59:38 Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and C:\WINNT\sqlstp.log for more information.
19:59:38 Action CleanUpInstall:
19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service SQLSERVERAGENT
19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (1060) The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service MSSQLSERVER
19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (0)
19:59:38 StatsGenerate returned: 2
19:59:38 StatsGenerate (0x0,0x1,0xf00000,0x400,1033,303,0x0,0x1,0,0,0
19:59:38 StatsGenerate -1,andrew.lai)
19:59:38 Installation Failed.
Thanks all!!
Anyone have an answer to this one?
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Installation error

Hey Folks,
Can anyone decipher this error we encountered while we installed SQL Server.
.
########################################
####################################
###
Starting Service ...
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
-m -Q -T4022 -T3659
An error occurred while attempting to start the service (1058)
SQL Server configuration failed.
########################################
####################################
###
19:59:19 Process Exit Code: (-1)
19:59:38 Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error l
ogs and C:\WINNT\sqlstp.log for more information.
19:59:38 Action CleanUpInstall:
19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service SQLSERVE
RAGENT
19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (1060) The specified service does not exist as a
n installed service.
19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service MSSQLSER
VER
19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (0)
19:59:38 StatsGenerate returned: 2
19:59:38 StatsGenerate (0x0,0x1,0xf00000,0x400,1033,303,0x0,0x1
,0,0,0
19:59:38 StatsGenerate -1,andrew.lai)
19:59:38 Installation Failed.
Thanks all!!Anyone have an answer to this one'
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Installation error

Hey Folks
Can anyone decipher this error we encountered while we installed SQL Server..
##############################################################################
Starting Service ..
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_A
-m -Q -T4022 -T365
An error occurred while attempting to start the service (1058
SQL Server configuration failed
##############################################################################
19:59:19 Process Exit Code: (-1)
19:59:38 Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and C:\WINNT\sqlstp.log for more information
19:59:38 Action CleanUpInstall
19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service SQLSERVERAGEN
19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (1060) The specified service does not exist as an installed service
19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service MSSQLSERVE
19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (0)
19:59:38 StatsGenerate returned:
19:59:38 StatsGenerate (0x0,0x1,0xf00000,0x400,1033,303,0x0,0x1,0,0,
19:59:38 StatsGenerate -1,andrew.lai
19:59:38 Installation Failed
Thanks all!!Hello,
Can you tell us what it say in the C:\WINNT\sqlstp.log
file ?
Thanks
J
>--Original Message--
>Hey Folks,
>Can anyone decipher this error we encountered while we
installed SQL Server...
>##########################################################
#####################
>
>Starting Service ...
>SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
>-m -Q -T4022 -T3659
>An error occurred while attempting to start the service
(1058)
>SQL Server configuration failed.
>##########################################################
#####################
>19:59:19 Process Exit Code: (-1)
>19:59:38 Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to
the server error logs and C:\WINNT\sqlstp.log for more
information.
>19:59:38 Action CleanUpInstall:
>19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action
4 -Service SQLSERVERAGENT
>19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (1060) The specified service
does not exist as an installed service.
>19:59:38 C:\temp\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action
4 -Service MSSQLSERVER
>19:59:38 Process Exit Code: (0)
>19:59:38 StatsGenerate returned: 2
>19:59:38 StatsGenerate
(0x0,0x1,0xf00000,0x400,1033,303,0x0,0x1,0,0,0
>19:59:38 StatsGenerate -1,andrew.lai)
>19:59:38 Installation Failed.
>Thanks all!!
>.
>|||Anyone have an answer to this one'
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