I am still having problems to install SQL Server 2005 express edition, doesn't
matter which version. The first time it was installed with BackupExec 10d
without any problem. Any entry from Veritas/Symantec is also removed with
there support. The only problem now is to reinstall ...

Hi, I'm using sqlexpress 2005 with a .NET
applikation. Security is set to integrated mode.
When deployed, the app's database will be created via
script by the installer.

I am running SQL Express 2005 and I need to install the SQL Server Agent so I
can use it to do backups.  How do I do that?

I use SQL Server Express 2005 SP2.(Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3042.00)
I want to make a maintenance plan, but I don't have a task called
"maintenance plan"
I am user sa with "sysadmin"

We have two instances of MS-SQL Server 2000 on the same Win2003
server.
Both instances use a Startup Service Account (domain\sql) instead of
LocalSystem.

We have an application which has an MSDE2000 database and we need to move it
to our SQL Server 2000 cluster environment which runs on SQL Server 2000
Enterprise edition. Can we detach the MSDE2000 database and attach it to our
cluster server? I read a article on MSDN that the ...

We have an application server that has a local database, using MSDE (.mdf).  
We would like to point this database to our SQL 2000 server, which was
suggested by the techs ... curious to know if its possible to grab the .mdf
file from the application server and import it into our ...

A web search which turned up a really old thread (circa 2006) about this
problem in this newsgroup, but alas, no solution was revealed in the thread.
I'm hoping sometime in the subsequent years, someone has come up with a
solution!

I have MSDE installed from a Crystal Enterprise installation.  It is
throwing flags on our security scan and needs to be moved to SP4.  A
straightforward upgrade, I am told, doesn't work.
How might I upgrade this app?

I need to upgrade a MSDE from SP3a to SP4 but I can't. The server is a
W2003Standard SP2.
I notice that the install log has several return values 3 wich means
problems:

Here's my code:
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("sp_dboption", sqlConn);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@dbname", mdfName);

VS2005 running with SQL Server Express. My app needs a simple table, if I
include the mdf with the deployment, then the database will be overwritten
with updates (losing the site data). So does anyone know of a good
article/tutorial describing how to deploy a simple table via ...

I need to load MSDE on a client computer to support an access databases that
kicks off a DTS package. Since SQL Server 2005 does not directly support
DTSRUN should I install MSDE 2000?
Thanks,

We have 2 apps that use MSDE 2000. One app uses MSDE 2000 SP4 and is already
installed on the workstation. If I install, on the same machine, a second
app using MSDE 2000 SP3 then the first app stops working. I was able to run
a conflict detection tool (from Altiris) that gave me ...

VS2005
I am trying to write a service and a service controller. Independently, both
work properly. They both access an mdf file with the following connection
string: