I have seen almost every youtube video and also searched on Google but cant find a SOLUTION.
I have SQL Server Management Studio 18.4 installed and I cant find its Configuration Manager and in Services.msc I cant find its services.
EDIT: Thanks for all the support and answers, I got the solution 🙂
The Configuration Manager is a Microsoft Management Console Plug-in. To start it, run mmc.exe, click "Add or Remove Snap-ins", select "SQL Server Configuration manager", click "Add", and OK.
Don't forget to save the MMC configuration.
Instructions with images are here. I just looked it up recently ;)
Be aware that if you have several versions of SQL Server installed, selecting the "correct" (i.e. most recent) one, seems to be a matter of good luck.
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Someone has installed sql server on my machine, however i'm not sure what is the version currently installed. I tried running : Sql server installation center --> Installed Sql server features discovery report and the result was as follows:
I tried looking in the "Programs and features" section and I found this:
I also tried opening Sql server Services but its empty. Here's a screenshot:
The currently running the services are :
Currently I'm not sure what version is installed, I tried connecting to "." on Sql Management Studio but i got connection error and no instance was found.
Since you can't connect, probably the best thing to do is hunt it down on your file system. Go to your installation, it's probably located somewhere like this:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQSERVER\MSSQL\Binn
and find the sqlserver.exe file. Right-click and select Properties on the file. The Details tab of the properties window will show a product version. The product version isn't going to be a name you're super familiar with, but you can look up on the web what version numbers correspond to what product names. Here's one place that has a nice chart. SqlServerBuilds at Blogspot
If you do get management studio to connect, you can get the version quite quickly, either from the connection properties in the Object Explorer, or with the ad hoc query
Select # #Version
I uninstalled 2008 and 2014 version and now the discovery report shows Sql Server 2012 installation correctly
The existing answer is OK, but here is a simpler tip:
Search the entire drive C: for sqlservr.exe. Use the properties dialog in Explorer to determine the file version and Google it.
You can find out what's running with Process Explorer. It can show you the path and version.
I'm sure this is very simple but I can't seem to find an answer to this at the moment and my googling powers have returned nothing.
I previously had an issue with an Addin and SSMS gave me the option to disable it (which I took). I have since reinstalled the plugin but it still does not appear as I previously disabled it.
Does anyone know where I can find the 'Add-In Manager' in SSMS 2008 R2 like in Visual studio?
For 2008 versions of SSMS you have to check this registry key:
Key="HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Shell\AddIns\"
You will find there 1 entry per installed add-in. Every add-in entry has setting:
"LoadBehavior". Set it to "1" to make SSMS load add-in at start-up.
You can check and see if your add-in is located in either of these directories:
%PROGRAMDATA%\Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins\
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins\
I believe disabling an add-in will simply remove/move it from one or the other of those directories, or possibly change the extension.
SSMS doesn't have any official support from MS for add-in functionality, unfortunately, so is lacking in tools to manage the add-ins. They have also stated that they won't support your installation of SSMS if you have extensions installed for it. Read here for more: http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/265567/ssms-allow-support-for-addins-as-in-visual-studio
In Visual Studio 2012 I try clicking the "Manage NuGet Packages..." option on a project and when the package manager opens it tries to load for a while before giving me "Unable to connect to remote server".
There is a similar question here: Visual Studio/C#: Nuget Unable to connect to remote server
but it doesn't appear to have any answer that I can see.
I have tried updating Visual Studio 2012 as well as updating NuGet (the "Extensions and Updates" option still works just fine) and then restarting but no such luck. It was working earlier, but I have since created a new database connection using the Database Explorer. I don't know if that would affect anything but that's the only change I could think of that I've made since it was working.
Please let me know if you need any other information.
Edit: Okay so apparently this fixes itself after a while. But only AFTER you've submitted a question about it... sigh. I'd still like to know what the issue is if anyone has any idea, but at least it's working now.
While you could certainly access the cached packages on your own machine, if you're working in a team you could install ProGet as an intermediary NuGet server, and it will automatically cache the remote packages on your network for your team.
I have sql server 2008 R2 Express installed, but it seems the full text search feature hasn't been installed. So after reading up on it in dozens of forums I concluded that it can be added by running the installer again and just adding the feature to the already existing installation. So I downloaded the installation executable called SQL Server 2008 R2 Express 64 bit W/Tools from this link: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/editions/express.aspx
The file name is SQLEXPRWT_x64_ENU.exe. When I run it, it correctly starts up the installation software. I then click on "New Installation or add features to an existing installation" which starts the wizard. However when I get to the features section it doesn't offer the Full-text-search feature as so many forums are suggesting it should. Could someone please clarify for me how I can get this feature added? It says on the Microsoft website that SQL server express "Offers reporting capabilities, full-text search, and spatial support", so I know it's not a version issue.
Thank you in advance for any help.
You need the version with the so called advanced services for fulltext search with express.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=25174
I want to know how to fully uninstall MSSQL 2005.
I've been using the Trial version of SQL Server Reporting Services for a while now. My company finally purchased the software from an online distributor, and for support of Oracle, we needed to upgrade to MSSQL 2005 SP2. Anyway, the "full" version of the software would not install, as it was already installed (It seems the installer doesn't recognize what was installed was the trial version). So I tried uninstalling MSSQL 2005, and everything related (including visual studio), I can not seem to get it reinstalled. The error is a vague error message, and when i click the link to get more information, the usual "no information about this error was found" error.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup
There was an unexpected failure during
the setup wizard. You may review the
setup logs and/or click the help
button for more information.
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.06&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&EvtType=packageengine%5cinstallpackageaction.cpp%40InstallToolsAction.11%40sqls%3a%3aInstallPackageAction%3a%3aperform%400x643
BUTTONS:
OK
#Mark Struzinski
I actually discovered that it was a problem with the installer, when installing the "Full Version". I discovered, since the product was downloaded, instead of delivered on CD/DVD, that the installer was looking for information in a path that was not correct. There was a MS Knowledge Base article on the topic. Thanks for your reply, tho
I had the exact same problem, and this article helped me clean up all the related files from my system and do a fresh install of both Visual Studio and the SQL client components. Give it a try and let me know if it helps you out:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX115270