MS update cannot install a Service Pack to SQL Server 2005 Express because a
component of an earlier version (a CTP, the Reporting Services component)
cannot be uninstalled. Can anyone tell me which set of registry keys I
should delete after removing SQL Server 2005 in order to ...

I use MSDE 2000 and I want to connect over internet to the server. The
problem is that I use an instance and so the port is not 1433 as it applies
dynamically. How can I find out what port the instance use to listen? With
SQL Server I can use Server Network Utility. Does MSDE ...

I have msde version 8.00.760 and when I try a sqlmaint it tells me
[Microsoft SQL-DMO] Error 21268: [SQL-DMO]Row or column specified is outside
the
range of the specified query result set.

I'm attempting to upgrade from MSDE 1.0 to MSDE 2000. However, before
removing MSDE 1.0, a database apparently was not properly detached after
attempting to attach (using sp_attach_db not attach w/ single file) this very
database to MSDE 2000.

I have a database, and I want to run an update script on it.  I
understand ANSI standard script.  I've used Oracle 10g to learn
databases, and I've used C# for a while now with SQLCommand,
SQLConnection, etc.  Now, I'm trying to update a SQL Server (I want to

I am running MSDE 2000 and will shortly be moving to sql server.  Is
there a way using osql to output a script to allow me to easily re-
create the database on sql server.
thnx in advance

Attempting to connect to MSDE 2000 via sqldmo w/ vb 6 app. For example,
oSqlServer.Connect sSrvName, "sa", sPswd
However, receiving the following error message "Not associated with a
trusted SQL Server connection"

I cannot seem to install 2005 express on my computer. I am running an AMD
Athlon XP 2000+ CPU with 1 GB of RAM. I have over 100 GB of hard disk space
available. My OS is XP Media Center. The video card is a NVidia GeForce 4 MX
4000. Mainboard is a Micro-star KM2M-L(601-6738-010) ...

I have the following situation:
Database1 on my sql server with the following path: C:\DBs
\Database1.mdf, etc...  I made a backup of this database.  Now I need
to restore this backup on a different pc into the following: Database2

Able to connect just fine at the main server but when trying to get the other
servers to connect get the following error.
Using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition:
Connection Failed:

New to MSDE...
1. What is the best options to use when doing backups?
option 1.  OSQL -U sa -P password -S server -Q "BACKUP DATABASE db1 TO DISK
= 'c:\Backups\backup1.bck'"

Hello!!
I have a application that creates an instance of MSDE 2000 called
MMSQL$EMMSDE. It uses its own login to pass inforamtion called embuser. This
company does not provide information on how to recover data from the

I 'm trying to install Sql Server 2005 Express Edition using c# .
I also want to informed about installation progress. For instance i
want to inform end user if any installation error return. I think i
need a callback... I have no problem about silent install but how can

We attached a database yesterday that has a 2.5GB LDF file.  However,
this morning, no matter what we attempt to do with the database (even
just view the properties of the database) we are met with a dialog that
says (among other things)...

I'm just restoring database with the ordinary way. But one of my database
reports an error:
"Location:    execsql.cpp:230
Expression:    exception != se_OK