We have a UNIX server running a factory management system (CS3) which links
to PCs through an ODBC program (Easysoft). We want to install an MSDE
database server so that we can create our own database tables in conjunction
with the UNIX server.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO INSTAL SQLSERVER 7 ON WINDOWS 2003?
IF POSSIBLE HOW?
IF NOT POSSIBLE HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?
PLS KINDLY GIVE ME REPLY

I would like that local administrators or domain administrators dont have
administrative rights on some databases running with MSDE.
I've learned about to enable the user "sa" and to give a personal password
to this user, but apparently administrators continue having full access to

I download MSDE2000A and run setup, and then I get the following message
“The instance name specified is invalid”
By clicking the ok button the setup stops.
My operating system is Windows XP home edition.

" Starting custom action ConfigServer
Executing "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\cnfgsvr.exe
-V 1 -M 1 -U sa -I "MSSQLSERVER" -Q "Latin1_General""
Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and

Has i reviewed here after Windows XP SP2, MSDE has some problems conecctiong
over a network.
I installed SP3a for MSDE 2000 but the problem persists.
I put a permission to sqlserver.exe but my access to it over a network (and

I am installing an MSDE instance using Setup .... call using a bat file.
I know the name of the instance (its a Given).
How do I uninstall automatically using a similar call?
I cannot afford to ask the user to uninstall it manually by using 'Add

Hi, I looking for the data base called "pubs" of the SQL Server MSDE
version. Does anyone knows where to find it? And how to add it on the Sql
Server?
Many thanks for your help.

  We're having troubles on a Windows 2003 Server. MSDE 1.0 does not  
install (even though we already have this setup at other customers).
So I downloaded MSDE 2000. Unfortunately, somebody else just executed the  
installation procedure without setup-parameters. I wanted to have ...

We have a problem and I'm not sure of the best way to solve it.  Our situation:
We have an ASP.NET application which uses a full SQL Server database.  
We want to add the capability for salespeople to initially install (in a
separate

Hi , i have a problem i live in Europe (Spain) and we use
the " , " symbol instead of " . " as decimal symbol for
money. Actually my problem is that i have a table with
some varchar fields storing money values but when i try to

i use MSDE to collect data from a Access-Databases.
I'f got the following SELECT-Statement from this newsgroup
yesterday:
SELECT count(*)

I am able to query several different msde databases on my network using
Query Analyzer from my pc.  Using SQL Query Analyzer from my pc,  I need to
copy a table from a database found on my local msde installation to a
database on another pc's msde installation.  I was trying to find ...

Wondering if someone could help me out with an msde/windows sp2 problem.
Upon installing sp2, the network protocols for my msde instance become
disabled:  Sm, Np, Tcp, Via.  Is there a command line syntax I can use to
re-enable these network protocols? Or is there a windows ...

I have a table that stores differnet types of data from a VB .Net
application.  There is one field where I have to store decimal values.  For
some reason when the value gets stored into the SQL (MSDE version) table the
value is rounded or truncated.  For instance, I save the ...