I am installing SQL Server 2008. I have installed .NET framework 3.5.
Then I got folder SQL Server 2008 and performed following steps-
I clicked configuration Tools.
Then I clicked SQL Server Installation Center.
I clicked "Installation" hyperlink on left side.
Then I clicked "New SQL server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation"
Then I got a window "Browse for SQL server Installation Media"
Which folder should I choose? Or is there any other method to install SQL Server?
For the SQL Server 2017 (Developer Edition) installation, I did the following:
Open SQL Server Installation Center
Click on Installation
Click on New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation
Browse to C:\SQLServer2017Media\Developer_ENU and click OK
If you've downloaded SQL from the Microsoft site, rename the file to a zip file and then you can extract the files inside to a folder, then choose that one when you "Browse for SQL server Installation Media"
SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe > SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.zip
7zip will open it (standard Windows zip doesn't work though)
Extract to something like C:\SQLInstallMedia
You will get folders like 1033_enu_lp, resources, x64 and a bunch of files.
If you are using an executable,
just run the executable (for example: "en_sql_server_2012_express_edition_with_advanced_services_x64.exe")
Navigate to the "options" tab
Copy the "Installation Media Root Directory" (should look something like the below snipping)
Paste it into the open "Browse for SQL server Installation Media" window
Save yourself the hastle of renaming and unzipping etc.!
For the SQL Server 2019 (Express Edition) installation, I did the following:
Open SQL Server Installation Center
Click on Installation
Click on New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to
an existing installation
Browse to C:\SQL2019\Express_ENU and click OK
While installing SQL Server, it extracts contents to temp folder under C directory. You can copy that folder after extraction finishes and then use that one for browsing
Check in Administration Tools\Services (or type services.msc in the console if you a service named SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS). If you do then it is installed.
From Visual Studio open Server Explorer (menu View\Server Explorer or CTRL + W, L). Right click Data Connections and choose Create New SQL Server Database. After that create tables and stuff...
If you want the Management Studio to manage the server you must download and install it from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=C243A5AE-4BD1-4E3D-94B8-5A0F62BF7796&displaylang=en
I ran into this just now with SQL Server 2014 SP1. The installer gave me the exact same problem and I followed suggestions from other answers to this question, but it got me nowhere.
In the end I figured out that I needed to download and install SQL Server 2014 first, and then apply SP1 to it. (doh)
I had to select the folder C:\SQL2019\Express_ENU for it to work.
For SQL Server 2017
Download and run the installer, you are given 3 options:
Basic
Custom
Download Media <- pick this one!
Select Language
Select ISO
Set download location
Click download
Exit installer once finished
Extract ISO using your preferred archive utility or mount
I found this one without any solutions. I am using SQL server 2019.
you can do the following:
download the sql server 2019 from [here] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
open the installer.exe and choose the Download media option
choose the iso option
after a while you will get a .iso file extract it in a folder it will give you file like this
the folder that you had extracted in it is the folder to be chosen hence it is the "Browse for SQL server Installation Media" target
hope that this helps you
Problem is about too long setup file name. Change setup.exe parent folder name(short a name). And try it!.
For me the Issue was I didn't run the setup as Administrator, after running the setup as administrator the message go away and I was prompted to install and continue process.
I downloaded from https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads
It gave me an iso file (en_sql_server_2017_standard_x64_dvd_11294407.iso)
I had to double click on it and then it gave me an E: drive on my computer.
Then I was able to select the E: drive when it asked for the Installation Media location.
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I'm installing SQL Server 2017 and get this error. Please help me!
You installed SQL Native Client (or whatever product name is listed) with an MSI located on a network share at some time in the past. SQL installer is trying to modify or update that install, but can't access the MSI.
Uninstall the listed product, then try the install again.
I faced the same issue. I had to download and show the path to file manually. Here is the link to download MS OLE DB driver. To download latest version search in google for "ole db driver" and in this window show the path to the file manually
1.First you remove the exist Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client from Control
panel “Add or Remove Programs”
2.Then download and install SQL Server 2012 Native Client newly to the machine
3.Try again the SQL Server 2017 installation
I am trying to open again SQL setup from SQL Server Installation center so when i click on installation and click on
"New SQL stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation"
i am trying to add new features that's why i click on that after that they asked select folder so i select from d drive where SQL setup is placed when i select this shows an error
D:\D Drive\softwares\Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition with SP1 X64 is not a valid installation folder
how to resolve this?
check image please where i select folder
https://i.stack.imgur.com/iDw18.png
and this is sql setup files
https://i.stack.imgur.com/ytpIn.png
I am using Visual Studio 2015 professional. When I tried to add Service-based Database to my project I got this error.
Connections to SQL Server database files (.mdf) require LocalDB or SQL Server Express to be installed and running on the local computer. You may need to modify the setup and ensure Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools is selected and install the current version at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=125883
I also have Microsoft SQL Sever 2014 installed on my computer.
really need help.
Just in case it helps others, I recently received this error in Visual Studio. The error states to go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=125883. When going to this URL, it now redirects to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server/. The new URL do not seems to have an obvious instructions on how to get Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools. Here is what worked for me.
In Visual Studio, select Tools > Extensions and Updates
In the Extensions and Updates pop-up box, select Installed > Updates
Highlight Microsoft SQL Server Update for database... and click the Update button. If Microsoft SQL Server Update for database... is not listed, you can download SSDTSetup.exe from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/mt186501.
Your default Web browser will prompt a download of SSDTSetup.exe
In your Downloads folder, run SSDTSetup
Follow the prompts of the installer
After doing this, just to play it safe, I restarted Visual Studio. This might not be necessary. I then did the following in Visual Studio.
In Visual Studio, if you do not already have a folder named App_Data, in the Solution Explorer panel, right-click the name of your site and select Add > New Folder. Name the new folder App_Data.
With the App_Data folder highlighted, press Ctrl + Shift + A (or right-click and select Add > New Item)
In the Add New Item pop-up box, select Visual Basic or C# > Data > SQL Server Database. Click Add.
The error should not appear, and in Solution Explorer should now be a file named database1.mdf.
Just do this. On Visual Studio, go to Tools > Options > Database Tools > Data Connections. Here clear the "SQL Server Instance Name (blank for default)" option and write SQLEXPRESS
The error message is quite clear. You need to have either LocalDB or SQL Server Express installed and running on the local computer, and you apparently don't.
Do as the error message instructs, go to the link provided in that error message, select Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools, and install the latest version.
I'm trying to install MS SQL Server 2008 on my Win 7 enabled laptop. I'm facing a problem while selecting the path to install. When I go on choose 'installation' and then when I click on 'New SQL Server stand alone installation or add features to an existing installation' it pops up a browse dialog box to select installation folder. I selected c:/program files/Microsoft SQL Server/ and tried all the folders under this folder. However, it gives me an error message saying
c:/program files/Microsoft SQL Server/ is not a valid installation folder
I tried 1000 times but still I'm getting the same error. I already had SQL Server 2005 and I uninstalled it. After that I'm only trying to install MS SQL Server 2008. What is the problem here? How can I fix this issue?
I recently had the same problem, I did the following:
Lets say you downloaded the SQLServer2008R2SP1-KB2528583-x86-ENU file to get SQL 2008 R2 and it won't accept the folder you choose. It is looking for your installation media AKA files to install your chosen option e.g. Upgrade or install.
Right click on the SQLServer2008R2SP1-KB2528583-x86-ENU file, click on extract files (winrar options). This will extract the install file giving you all the files that was compressed.
When SQL 2008 R2 Install Center ask you to choose the folder, select the extracted folder with all the files... problem solved!
I think the error that you run into is just a case of bad choice of words from Microsoft. When they give the message: "select installation folder" they actually mean the drive that contains your Sql Server installation Dvd. I run into the same problem, and all I had to do was select the dvd drive and it worked.
Durden81 is right - The error really means that it can't find the installation file. This seems to be a bug on versions of SQL Sever downloaded from internet or installed as part of the Visual Web Developer Express 2010 bundle.
I was searching for an answer to the same question and came across this. Unfortunately the other replies did not work for me. What did work was the following:
Go to the control panel and uninstall everything to do with "Microsoft SQL Server 2008" and any other version of SQL Sever you might have.
Restart your computer and go to the Microsoft Download center (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/default.aspx) and search for: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Express with Tools
Unpack this and run the installation.
Restart your computer before running Visual Studio again
While I don't think this has ever been a requirement, since it's not really clear from your question exactly which component is choking on the path, I suggest trying a simpler path with no spaces, e.g. "C:\MSSQL\" ...
I am agree with Durden81. It's actually the problem regarding the path. It wants you to choose the path where the sql server setup file lies. Give the correct path of the setup file, whether it is in DVD or in a drive.
Give the path of installer, this helped me.
For example if you have the SQL server installer on C:\SQL SERVER\Enterprise Edition\setup.exe
Provide the same path, this will solve the issue.
I got this error because the installation package was located on a network/virtual location. To resolve this, I found the correct path (by asking IT) and ran the .exe as administrator. All is good.
I received this error when clicking on the app in "Add/Remove Programs" to add features to the current install. Yes, you can proceed as #Marc Uberstein's answer, but re-running the ENU with a double click should get you where you need to go, without extracting, bypassing the "Add/Remove Programs" piece altogether. Not sure from your question if that is the route you took to arrive at the error, but this was the issue for me.
It depend on what error prompt you are getting. If it's saying "wrong folder" or something of that nature, then it's the folder that's causing the error. Just delete all the folders of sqlserver on your computer and restart and it should work, or you can go to property of that sqlserver folder and in advanced and un-check the compress and re-run. It should definitely work.
Trying to install fulltext on my sql server 2008 box.
I went to 'programs and features', selected sql server 2008 and now I get this popup asking to choose either: add/ repair or remove.
I click on add, and it asks me for the location of sql server CD? I extracted the ISO we have, not sure which file to point it too?
Download the installer from:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=1842
Or for SQL 2008 R2 Express, it is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25174
Then go to where you saved it and Unzip the self extracting EXE (right click and click "Extract").
Go to Add or Remove Programs and you can now "Add Features" by browsing to the extracted files.
For full details on how to upgrade and install fulltext search on an existing SQL Server 2008 Express instance see my post here
To add features to a SQL Server installation, you should run the installer itself from the install disc. As u07ch suggested, you can mount the image, or you can burn the disc. Once you do that, run through the installer and you'll see the option to add Full Text Search from the "features" page.
Download the microsoft Virtual CD Control Panel and mount the iso as a cd drive on your computer; then point the add/ remove install software at that.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe