I try to install SQL Server 2008 R2, but there is no Checkbox Option in instance feature. I need help
This is the error:
Thank you
This is most probably related to a previous installation of express components (e.g. tools only). If this is the case, then use Sql Server 2008 installation center(64-bit) -> Maintenance -> Edition upgrade rather than normal installation.
An alternative is to get a newer version of express (SQL Server 2014 Express) and benefit from newer features. If you really have to work in SQL Server 2008 compatibility for certain databases, you can change the compatibility level of those particular database.
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I'm a beginner in this, I've been searching for long on internet. But as many solution in internet, I don't understand as much i wanted. And I have some question to for resolution. I see a place the recommend to ask some like this as Super User, but I recently just started using 'Stack Overflow' so I don't know How To Use Super User.
Start when I download a new setup of SQL Server 2016 and choose option to 'Upgrade-from-previous-version', from process I see, it just added 2 features.
From what I really want is to change entirely my SQL server from 2014 to 2016.
Two Server in services.msc
So i try to do option 'basic-installation' from installer and it work honestly but provide 2 server which server 2016 and 2014.
Maybe I can just uninstall the server 2014, and get work with 2016 instead. But Can I bring my database in 2014 too?, I mean it has compatibility-problem.
And it don't have SQL Server Management Studio so I download a newest version of it (v18.00)
Two server with different SQL Server version
My question is =
Can I keep my database in server 2014, my database in 2016 is empty (did I must attach it again)?
Did it just OK to have two Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio?
Why I don't get MSSMS when I install SQL Server 2016?
If I must do Question1, How To Upgrade my database to version 2016?
Is it bad for my laptop to having two Version of SQL Server, or I must delete one?
Backup and restore to 2016 (or keep it in 2014)
Yes, but not necessary, just use latest version, uninstall older
Management Studio can be downloaded separately
See (1)
No, both can be kept, but remember that both services will be running which may impact performance and resource usage. You can stop these services using SQL Server Configuration Manager
I have Ms Sql Server Express 2005 currently installed. I need to install the "Sql Server Express with Advanced Services" from Microsoft, found here (in order to enable full-text search feature):
http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/pd/SQLEXPCTAV2/enus/default.aspx
Problem is: the "Express with advanced services" component is from 2012, and my Ms Sql Server is from 2005. Are they compatible? Do I risk messing up the Sql Server installation if I run this service?
I'm very short of time and I don't want to mess up my installation and have to reinstall.
Thank you!
Installing Express with Advanced Services will install a new instance of SQL Server. Compatibility won't matter because only the new Express instance will have Full-Text capability and your existing SQL Server 2005 instance won't be able to use it. What you probably want to do is install Full-Text for the instance you already have installed - you can do this through Add/Remove Programs for the existing SQL Server 2005 instance (assuming you still have the install media for SQL Server 2005), which will call up the Installation Center where you can choose to add features to an existing instance.
What is the best (or THE) way to change my SQL Express 2008 (with advance...) installation to a 2008 Developer edition?
I need to keep the databases, along with the logins and so on.
I need to upgrade because, I Want to use all the features in TFS 2010.
Do I have to make backups of all the data and uninstall express - install developer?
Is there a quicker way?
SOLVED:
In the SQL Server Installation Center, there a Edition Upgrade options found under Maintenance. The only thing is that you have to choose processor type as x86 (as Express is only x86) in the options in the Installation Center. Now my SQL Server is developer.
We had to do the same thing at one time. I think we simply backed up our database(s) and the master and msdb databases as a precaution, to restore if we had to, which I don't think we did.
When I try to install a new instance of SQL Server 2008 Express on a development machine with SQL 2005 Express already up and running, the install validation fails because the "SQL 2005 Express tools" are installed and I'm told to remove them.
What exactly does that mean?
After reading this article:
http://www.asql.biz/Articoli/SQLX08/Art1_5.aspx
I uninstalled the 2005 version of the SQL Management Studio but received the same error from the 2008 installer during my follow-up attempt.
Updates
1) Uninstalled the SQL 2005 Management Studio only. Received the same error from the 2008 install.
2) Removed all SQL 2005 common components. Received the same error from the 2008 install.
3) Installed the shared components from the SQL 2008 installation program. Received the same error from the 2008 install when trying to install the new SQL 2008 instance.
4) Uninstalled SQL 2008 components, rebooted, re-installed SQL 2005 Management Studio from installation media, rebooted, un-installed SQL 2005 Workstation Components from Control Panel, re-booted.
Installation of SQL 2008 is now proceeding as it should.
Seems likely that if I'd re-booted after update 2 above things would have gone more smoothly. :-(
Although you should have no problem running a 2005 instance of the database engine beside a 2008 instance, The tools are installed into a shared directory, so you can't have two versions of the tools installed. Fortunately, the 2008 tools are backwards-compatible. As we speak, I'm using SSMS 2008 and Profiler 2008 to manage my 2005 Express instances. Works great.
Before installing the 2008 tools, you need to remove any and all "shared" components from 2005. Try going to your Add/Remove programs control panel, find Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and click "Change." Then choose "Workstation Components" and remove everything there (this will not remove your database engine).
I believe the 2008 installer also has an option to upgrade shared components only. You might try that. Good luck!
In my case even after uninstalling all 2005 related components it didn't worked. I had to resort to a brute force way and remove following registry keys
32 Bit OS: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90
64 Bit OS: HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90
I had to unistall the Workstation Components and SSMS Tools Pack (SSMS Tools Pack is an add-in for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) including SSMS Express.)
Installation of SQL 2008 is now proceeding as it should.
The problem is that SQL 2008 MS has a bug where connecting to a remote server (say like a service provider collocation) it will always try to open the fist db in the list, and since the possibilities of been ur db the first on the list are really low, it will throw and error and fail to display the list of dbs... which using sql 2005 management studio it just works.
Wished I could use SQL 2008 MS, but looks like as far I connect to remote SQL 2005, SQL 2008 is out of the question on my dev machine :(
Just Remove the the Workstation Components from Add/Remove Programs - SQL Server 2005.
Removing Workstation Components, SQL Server 2008 installation goes well.
Simply remove the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express 2005 from control panel
N.B. These notes are for SQL Server Express 2008 R2 (so Microsoft still haven't made this any easier). I also realise that I complicated things by installing 32-bit SQL Server Express 2005 and 64-bit SQL Server Express 2008.
I followed the steps by Josh Hinman above. Uninstalling the SQL Server Express 2005 "Workstation Components" was not enough. I required an uninstall of the 2005 Management Studio as well.
I also tried the Upgrade route that Josh Hinman suggested by clicking on the 'Upgrade from SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008'. This route never gave me the option of installing the components side-by-side it just went straight through the process of upgrading from 2005 to 2008. It completed successfully - but hadn't actually done anything. Thankfully though it hadn't harmed any existing database instances. So be warned trying that route.
If you currently have Red Gate SQL Toolbelt, you will need to unistall that too before continuing. Somehow it adds a reference to the 2005 version of the SQL Management Studio.
I'am trying to install SQL SERVER developer 2008 R2 alongside SQL SERVER 2005 EXPRESS,
i went to program features, clicked on unistall SQL SERVER 2005 EXPRESS, and only checked, WORKSTATION COMPONENTS, it unistalled: support files, sql mngmt studio
After that installation of sql 2008 r2 developer went ok....
Hopes this helps somebody
I also had to remove the SMSS before it would get past that step.
I'm trying some of the ASP.NET MVC tutorials and one of them has the following steps:
Right-click on the "App_Data" folder, and choose "Add New item"
Choose "SQL Server Database" under the "Data" category.
However, once I do that, I get the following message from Visual Studio:
Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function proprely. Please verify the installation of the component or download from the URL...
The thing is that I have SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition installed, and I would really rather not install any Express versions (2005 or 2008) if I don't have to. Is there a work-around for this issue?
I ran into this problem too on 64-bit Windows 7 (using 64-bit SQL Server Express 2008).
There are two methods of fixing this problem referenced in the Microsoft Support Knowledge Base article:
1. Workaround
To work around this problem, uninstall
the 64-bit version of SQL Server
Express 2008, and then install the
32-bit version of SQL Server Express
2008.
If you don't want to do the uninstall/install, then try the Hotfix method below.
2. Hotfix
A supported hotfix is now available
from Microsoft. However, it is
intended to correct only the problem
that this article describes. Apply it
only to systems that are experiencing
this specific problem.
Although the article itself doesn't include a link to the hotfix, you can get it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=957944
To illuminate masfenix's reply, SQL Express supports one feature that is not supported by full-blown SQL Server: a "user instance" database. With SQL Express installed and an mdf file in your App_Data folder, the application will dynamically attach and detach it as needed. For hobbyist or small business sites, this may be perfect. If you're running SQL elsewhere in the enterprise, you probably don't want to go this route and therefore the feature isn't useful to you.
Actually SQL express is a whole different database engine then SQL Server 2005. So yes if you want to use mdf files you'd need SQL Express.
I want to point out that I have both Developer edition and Express edition installed. And I still run into the same error. I think Express edition must be installed as a single instance.
I have the same problem but I've sql 2008 express installed.
any way to make it work with sql 2008 express so I don't have to install the 4th sql instance on my machine??
I already have sql 2005, sql 2008, sql 2008 express
what the F... :)