I Just installed MDSE2000A (ithink it already comes with SP3a), by doing
Setup.exe /qb+ INSTANCENAME=MOC DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1 SAPWD=moc
I downloaded the northwind database and tried to install it by doing
osql -E -Q "EXEC sp_attach_db N'Northwind', N'c:\SQL Server 2000 Sample ...

I'm deciding what "embedded" or local database to use for an application
(VS2003 C#).  I've looked at SQLite and am also looking at MSDE as a possible
solution.  The 2GB limit on MSDE is a bit worrisome but, as I understand it,
SQL Express will not have this limit.   So, if I ...

Okay, I've got a SQL Server (MSDE) instance installed on a machine called
DEBRA-F -- I specified the sa password as localadmin -- easy enough.
At first, I couldn't connect to her machine FROM her machine, using the sa
login.  So we had to login using the -E switch (ie, no username ...

Need Help!!!
I am accessing MSDE from another terminal running another
service of MSDE. Error message: Access Denied
How can I do this

My company will soon be upgrading our Access Database to SQL Server 2000.  In
order to begin testing and programming for the move, I have downloaded and
installed SQL2K MSDE SP3.  My install went smooth and it works fine.  The
problem I am having is when I am creating new ...

How to check the instancename tcp port by a commandline
mode?

I have J2EE web application, that uses Datasources, which works fine with SQL
Server 2000 Developer Edition running on Windows 2000 Server but I am having
issues with running the same code against MSDE version of SQL Server 2000
running locally on Windows XP Professional.

I have a bit of a problem that I hope someone else might have experienced
and can help with.
I just inherited a location to support and in the course of applying SP3a
to their installation, discovered that the database reports itself as the

What would cause the following error?
"Fatal Error" - Execution cannot continue as the language dependent resource
file D:\MSDE\Resources\1033\setup.RLL could not be loaded.
Thanks in advance!

How would i go about viewing / logging current connections / connection
attempts with msde.
Angelo

Jens,
My Outlook Express rejected a direct reply to you.  It only offered a reply
to the entire group and I did not think that appropriate.  So I am sending a
new post. Here is the error message that I received in sending to you.

SQLRUN.cab required for this installation is corrupt and
I<m trying to install MSDE for the first time and after
running >c:\MSDERelA\setup.exe SAPWD="Testing"< i get the
follwing error..

I run a tutorial website with average 50,000 page views per day and hoping to
grow this number to 100,000 per day in next 1 year. Currently, I use MS
Access database and lot of caching in the web site for performance reasons.
Can I use SQL 2005 Express for such a good traffic web ...

Hi, I'm about going to be using a database on the MSDE installed with
Windows SBS 2003.  The problem is that in the service manager there are no
servers or services listed.  Do I have to reinstall?  Thanks.

I am getting 'Timeout Expired - The timeout period elapsed prior to
completion of the operation or the server is not responding', if a database
is backed up with a T-SQL statement. The same DB backs up fine when done in
Enterprise Manager.