installation steps

hi !!!
i try to connect to my sql server local instance but it is always failed .... can you please tell me the step by steps and options to use to install sql server on my machine and i think i need to use he personal copy rather than the standard as it will be on my machne not in the server? please helpThe way I install SQL Server and any other database on Windows, I don't answer questions Windows ask me during installation because Windows does not know RDBMS and all your installation will complete. So you answer one or two relevant questions and you can install even Oracle. Hope this helps|||

thanks for reply .... but there is a reply to those questions in choosing options.... can you tell me in each step what shal i choose ?

|||When you are asked what option don't choose custom and the only other question that is relevant to you is the account to use to install and being a developer use the local system account and you can install the personal in less than five minutes. When you answer questions Windows checks those against what is in its database and end your installation. Hope this helps.|||let me expalin toyou the problem...i have machine at work i installed sql server before it was fine ...i did the same thing in my machine at home it does not work ..i can nto connect to the database.... can you please help i try connectionstrings.com and i tried different things still does not work .. please help !!|||In Visual Studio use the datalink property and use integrated security, all the answers I have been giving you are to install the database. And post your error so it can be investigated. Hope this helps.|||Hi,
fadil, whichs the OS on which ur trying to install the sql server?
just go thru this ,
http://www.functionx.com/sql/Lesson01.htm
hope this works..
all the best

Installation Stalls at "Detecting Installed IIS"

I try to install but once it gets to Installation Status window it freezes at Detecting Installed IIS. What do I do to get past this wonderful step? And who tested this installation process? Better yet, who let it be releases with so many bugs?

do you have Norton/Symantec antivirus software running on your machine? If so, temporarily disable it and rerun setup.

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Thank youl. I finally had success.

Seems like turning it off (Symantec Antivirus) was not a guarantee for success -- I did turn it off before with no success; uninstalling all might have helped too where I then installed it fresh.

Installation error

I am installing Reporting Service to my computer. (OS: Windows XP) And get an
error message (1603) during the step of configuring sql server.
Error message:
MSI (s) (2C:1C) [15:21:53:395]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI71.tmp, Entrypoint: Write_sqlScript
<Func Name='RedirectorCAX'>
Function=Write_sqlScript
<Func Name='SetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='SetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='203'>
Doing Action: Write_sqlScript
<Func Name='Write_sqlScript'>
Error streaming binary file for ReportServerSetupResources.dll
C:\DOCUME~1\jcktam\LOCALS~1\Temp\ReportServerSetupResources.rll
ReportServerSetupResources_1028
<EndFunc Name='Write_sqlScript' Return='1603' GetLastError='2'>
Gathering darwin properties for failure handling.
<Func Name='DisplayErrorDialog'>
<Failure Type='Fatal' Error='1603'>
<EndFunc Name='RedirectorCAX' Return='1603' GetLastError='14007'>
Action ended 15:27:07: Write_sqlScript.6ED6C379_934D_4B59_816D_25F6911C3538.
Return value 3.
Any idea to solve this problem. Thank you very much.Is this a Chinese Traditional OS? If not can you check your 'Regional and
Language Options' under the control panel. Click on the advanced tab and
see what the 'Language for non-Unicode programs' is set to?
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"Jacky Tam" <Jacky Tam@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am installing Reporting Service to my computer. (OS: Windows XP) And get
>an
> error message (1603) during the step of configuring sql server.
> Error message:
> MSI (s) (2C:1C) [15:21:53:395]: Invoking remote custom action. DLL:
> C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI71.tmp, Entrypoint: Write_sqlScript
> <Func Name='RedirectorCAX'>
> Function=Write_sqlScript
> <Func Name='SetCAContext'>
> <EndFunc Name='SetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='203'>
> Doing Action: Write_sqlScript
> <Func Name='Write_sqlScript'>
> Error streaming binary file for ReportServerSetupResources.dll
> C:\DOCUME~1\jcktam\LOCALS~1\Temp\ReportServerSetupResources.rll
> ReportServerSetupResources_1028
> <EndFunc Name='Write_sqlScript' Return='1603' GetLastError='2'>
> Gathering darwin properties for failure handling.
> <Func Name='DisplayErrorDialog'>
> <Failure Type='Fatal' Error='1603'>
> <EndFunc Name='RedirectorCAX' Return='1603' GetLastError='14007'>
> Action ended 15:27:07:
> Write_sqlScript.6ED6C379_934D_4B59_816D_25F6911C3538.
> Return value 3.
> Any idea to solve this problem. Thank you very much.
>