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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
Robert
 
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Default Getting started with SQL Server Express Edition - total newbie

Hello

I installed SQL Server Express Edition on my computer but I can't figure
out how to get into the Enterprise Manager to create a database. When in
click on SQL Server in programs I get Configuration Tools. When I click on
Configuration Tools I get SQL Server Configuration Manager, SQL Server Error
and Usage Reporting, and SQL Server Surface Area Configuration. That's all.
How to go to the screen to create a database?

Roibert


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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
Ivan Delic
 
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Default Re: Getting started with SQL Server Express Edition - total newbie

On Mar 2, 7:50 am, "Robert" <cpq1bcle[REMOVE]@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I installed SQL Server Express Edition on my computer but I can't figure
> out how to get into the Enterprise Manager to create a database. When in
> click on SQL Server in programs I get Configuration Tools. When I click on
> Configuration Tools I get SQL Server Configuration Manager, SQL Server Error
> and Usage Reporting, and SQL Server Surface Area Configuration. That's all.
> How to go to the screen to create a database?
>
> Roibert


You'll have to download and install SQL Server Management Studio from
Microsoft's web site and to install it unto your computer.

It is the sam tool like Enterprise Manager for SQL Server 2000.

After it, when you start the Studio, you'll have to connect to your
Server, default instance is (LocalMachine)\SQLEXPRESS. After it, it's
all the same like SQL Server 2000. Good luck.

Ivan Delic, Serbia
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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
Erland Sommarskog
 
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Default Re: Getting started with SQL Server Express Edition - total newbie

Robert (cpq1bcle[REMOVE]@verizon.net) writes:
> I installed SQL Server Express Edition on my computer but I can't
> figure out how to get into the Enterprise Manager to create a database.
> When in click on SQL Server in programs I get Configuration Tools. When
> I click on Configuration Tools I get SQL Server Configuration Manager,
> SQL Server Error and Usage Reporting, and SQL Server Surface Area
> Configuration. That's all. How to go to the screen to create a
> database?


The plain download of SQL Express comes only with the command-line tools
SQLCMD and OSQL. Which certainly are sufficient to create databases, but
not very fun to work with in the long run.

So you certainly want SQL Server Management Studio Express, which is
available for free from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx
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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
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Default Re: Getting started with SQL Server Express Edition - total newbie

Thank you. I tried to install Microsoft Core SML Services (MSXML) 6.0 and I
got this error message:

Installation of MSXML 6.0 Parser failed because a higher version already
exists on the machine. To proceed, uninstall the higher version and then
run MSXML 6.0 Parser Setup again.

Why would I want to replace something with a lower version?

Robert


"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xns9A559B74830B7Yazorman@127.0.0.1...
> Robert (cpq1bcle[REMOVE]@verizon.net) writes:
>> I installed SQL Server Express Edition on my computer but I can't
>> figure out how to get into the Enterprise Manager to create a database.
>> When in click on SQL Server in programs I get Configuration Tools. When
>> I click on Configuration Tools I get SQL Server Configuration Manager,
>> SQL Server Error and Usage Reporting, and SQL Server Surface Area
>> Configuration. That's all. How to go to the screen to create a
>> database?

>
> The plain download of SQL Express comes only with the command-line tools
> SQLCMD and OSQL. Which certainly are sufficient to create databases, but
> not very fun to work with in the long run.
>
> So you certainly want SQL Server Management Studio Express, which is
> available for free from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx



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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
Robert
 
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Default Re: Getting started with SQL Server Express Edition - total newbie

Thank you. I tried to install Microsoft Core SML Services (MSXML) 6.0 and I
got this error message:

Installation of MSXML 6.0 Parser failed because a higher version already
exists on the machine. To proceed, uninstall the higher version and then
run MSXML 6.0 Parser Setup again.

Why would I want to replace something with a lower version?

Robert

"Ivan Delic" <ivce970@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 2, 7:50 am, "Robert" <cpq1bcle[REMOVE]@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I installed SQL Server Express Edition on my computer but I can't figure
>> out how to get into the Enterprise Manager to create a database. When in
>> click on SQL Server in programs I get Configuration Tools. When I click
>> on
>> Configuration Tools I get SQL Server Configuration Manager, SQL Server
>> Error
>> and Usage Reporting, and SQL Server Surface Area Configuration. That's
>> all.
>> How to go to the screen to create a database?
>>
>> Roibert

>
> You'll have to download and install SQL Server Management Studio from
> Microsoft's web site and to install it unto your computer.
>
> It is the sam tool like Enterprise Manager for SQL Server 2000.
>
> After it, when you start the Studio, you'll have to connect to your
> Server, default instance is (LocalMachine)\SQLEXPRESS. After it, it's
> all the same like SQL Server 2000. Good luck.
>
> Ivan Delic, Serbia



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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
Erland Sommarskog
 
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Default Re: Getting started with SQL Server Express Edition - total newbie

Robert (cpq1bcle[REMOVE]@verizon.net) writes:
> Thank you. I tried to install Microsoft Core SML Services (MSXML) 6.0
> and I got this error message:
>
> Installation of MSXML 6.0 Parser failed because a higher version already
> exists on the machine. To proceed, uninstall the higher version and then
> run MSXML 6.0 Parser Setup again.
>
> Why would I want to replace something with a lower version?


Did you get this error when you tried to install SSMS Express? Or else why
did you try to install MSXML?

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx
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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
Robert
 
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Default Re: Getting started with SQL Server Express Edition - total newbie

Oh, I see there's another message below step 2 telling you not to do the
step as in step 1. It's working now. Thanks.

"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
news:Xns9A55F002A7A05Yazorman@127.0.0.1...
> Robert (cpq1bcle[REMOVE]@verizon.net) writes:
>> Thank you. I tried to install Microsoft Core SML Services (MSXML) 6.0
>> and I got this error message:
>>
>> Installation of MSXML 6.0 Parser failed because a higher version already
>> exists on the machine. To proceed, uninstall the higher version and then
>> run MSXML 6.0 Parser Setup again.
>>
>> Why would I want to replace something with a lower version?

>
> Did you get this error when you tried to install SSMS Express? Or else why
> did you try to install MSXML?
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
>
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx



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