NEWBIE: How Do I Embed And Quietly Install Sqlserver Express On A User's Machine Without Their Intervention?
Feb 23, 2007
Hello,
I am kind of new with .Net development and really new with using SqlExpress. Here is my question, I hope it is easy:
I have a shareware program that I have been selling since 2000 and it was written in VB6 using a third party database program. What I would like to do is rewrite this application using C# and SqlServer Express. The program as it stands right now is about 5mb to download and install.
My concerns:
1) How do I embed and quietly install sqlserver express to the end user's computer without them having any intervention?
2) By using sqlserver express as my database how much extra overhead is going to be included in the install package? I want to keep the install package as small as possible and the user experience of installing the program as painless as possible.
I have an 05 VB.NET windows application that will be used as a smart client for our folks in the field. The windows application includes 05 SQL Server Express. I have included in the Data Sources of my project and attached file going through the wizard Microsoft SQL Server Database File (SqlClient) ='s (myfile.mdf) and then selected all tables, views, stored procedures, and functions... the corresponding myfileDataSet.xsd with the myfile.mdf are now located in the root of the project. I now recompile the project without error and go to the properties section Publish tab... select the Application Files button and myfile.mdf Publish Status is set to Include and the Download Group set to Requried. With this in place I right click on the myfile.mdf from the Soultion Explorer and under the properties section have set the build action to compile and use the copy always setting for the Copy to Output Directory.
After the publish is completed on the client machine... install for WIndows Installer 3.1, SQL Server Express, and the Windows Application contains no data but everything else works fine.
My problem is that I need to attach the myfile.mdf to the new SQL Server Express instance on the client machine during the installation process so that when the application fires it will be pointed to the above location on the client.
Anyone have any ideas... scripts... includes for an ApplicationEvents.vb, source code on how to do this correctly?
I am working to develop an application using dotnet framework 2.0 that requires loading tab delimited text file (generated on each user action) in to table of SQL Express database. I am thinking to use SSIS library (Managed DTS) to call my SSIS package from within my application to load this data on each user transaction. This should be noted that I am not hosting my packages in to SQL Express.
Microsoft allows redistribution of SQL Express for free. Do I need any SQL Server or any other type of license for using SSIS library from my application?
I have tried this several times and each time get the same result. I even installed Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 - everything but SQL Server Express installed fine. The error I get when running the SQL Server 2005 Express download is (from the log file):
Doing Action: Do_sqlScript PerfTime Start: Do_sqlScript : Mon Nov 12 22:31:11 2007 Service MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS with parameters '-m SqlSetup -Q -qSQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS -T4022 -T3659 -T3610 -T4010' is being started at Mon Nov 12 22:31:11 2007 SQL service MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS started successfully waiting for SQL service to accept client connections Service MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS started at Mon Nov 12 22:31:18 2007 SQL_ERROR (-1) in OdbcConnection::connect sqlstate=IM003, level=-1, state=-1, native_error=160, msg=Specified driver could not be loaded due to system error 193 (SQL Native Client).
Error Code: 0x800700a0 (160) Windows Error Text: One or more arguments are not correct. Source File Name: libodbc_connection.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Wed Jun 14 16:28:15 2006 Function Name: OdbcConnection::connect@connect Source Line Number: 148
Error 29515. SQL Server Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. The error was: Specified driver could not be loaded due to system error 193 (SQL Native Client). Refer to server error logs and setup logs for more information. For details on how to view setup logs, see "How to View Setup Log Files" in SQL Server Books Online.
I have no idea what the error is or how to fix it; I've enountered a number of postings related to install errors but none match exactly.
I do have the full log. Thanks in advance for any/all help!
All the Componets are grayed out disabled and not available to proceed further while installing. All of them have a red cross mark on it saying "Unavailable"
I actually wanted to instal Reporting services component and related services in my machine
Note : MY database server(sqlserver 2005) is connected to this report server(above) by LAN.
Could you please let me know where and how I could install Reporting services
When I try to run the install it detects some previous versions components. The remove all previous beta components fails and I have removed everything from the Add/Remove Programs.
hi Champion, My machine is already having vs2003 with sqlserver 2000. Now when I have installed vs2005 that time I have not loaded sqlserver 2005 express edition. But now when am trying to install the same i.e sqlserver 2005 express edition its unable to install/update this database. the error coming as "None of the selected features can be installed or upgraded. Setup cannot proceed since no effective change is being made to the machine. To continue click Back, and then select features to install. To exit sql server setup, click cancel" pls help
I am trying to create an ASPNET Login for a SQL Server express Database (As Installed via Visual Studio) so my ASP Web Applications can invoke the Database. But SQLServer Managemnt Tool is not recognising any ASPNET user names I try. I am trying to add via Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express, but get an error " An Object (User or Built-in Security principal) with the following name cannot be found "mycomputerASPNET". "
Any obvious reason why ASPNET is not being recognised as a Login object object
Unfortunately I am on VISTA and IIS7 ( I have enabled, and checked that ASP Applications Run.)
- The process works OK on my other XP machine, ASP.NET via IIS 5.1, which seems more straightforward to set up.
I have a dedicated server running SQL Server 2000 on Windows 2003. Can I install SQL Server 2005 express so that I can run sites developed with VWD Express. I still have the sites that need to use the sql 2000 server. Thanks
I am trying to 'load' a copy of a SQLServer 2000 database to SQLServer 2005 Express (on another host). The copy was provided by someone else - it came to me as a MDF file only, no LDF file.
I have tried to Attach the database and it fails with a failure to load the LDF. Is there any way to bypass this issue without the LDF or do I have to have that?
The provider of the database says I can create a new database and just point to the MDF as the data source but I can't seem to find a way to do that? I am using SQL Server Management Studio Express.
I have an app that uses a sqlserver 2000 jdbc driver to connect to a sqlserver 2000.
Is it possible to do a direct replacement of sqlserver 2000 with sqlserver 2005 express just by reconfiguring the app to point to the express? The app would still be using the sqlserver 2000 jdbc driver to try and make the connection.
If that is a possibility, what can be some differences in the configuration? Previously with 2000 the config information I entered is:
server name: "machinename"( or ip). I've also tried "machiname/SQLEXPRESS"
DB name: name of db instance
port: 1433(default)
user and pass.
My attempts so far results in
"java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC]Error establishing socket."
and
"java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC]Unable to connect. Invalid URL."
Can i install a 32bits version of SqlServer on a Machine running Vista 64bits.
Now i'm having a 64bits development version installed but due to the fact that i can't use 32bits odbc drivers from that version this is blocking me seriously.
Before uninstalling i would like to check if this can be done.
I have installed SQL6.5 on my NT4.0 server. I go into the enterprise manager. There are currently no registered servers. I try to add a server under the SQL 6.5 group and get the following message:
"Unable to connect to Server(reason [SQL Server Login failed]. Register Anyway?"
The service is running. I can login through the command prompt, but when I type select @@servername it comes back as NULL. I have tried both my NT SA account as well as the SQLExecutiveCmdExec account. TIA - pwb
I want to install SQL Server so at least the tables are stored on a D: drive rather than the default C: drive. If I can get the whole thing there, it would be best.
While installing S.S. the first time, I only came across one place to change a directory. After changing it, tables were still placed on the C: drive.
I am working with SQL Server 2005 Standard edition and using default settings, except for the directory of course.
Hello, I am admittedly new to this, especially sql server and am in need of a pro's assistance.. I installed Microsoft Small Business accounting, which in turn installed and configured a sql server. When I installed ACT! 2005 (v7.0) and tried to create a database, it states that it cannot find the master file.... so I tried to install sql server from Microsofts site - downloaded all the packages, unzipped them and ran them... the error I get is that the sql server needs to have an sa password and to use some switch to change it... for the life of me I am lost here. I can't use ACT! at this point and I have not ideas of how to remove, reinstall or repair the sql server.... Any help you can provide would be greatly appreicated!
We are getting this error when we try and log on to a Reporting Services connection Via SQL Server Management Studio on a client Machine. It works fine if we are on the Server.
We can logon to the Database Engine just fine (from the Client) and the Web version of the Report manager Works fine too.
Any help would be appreciated!!!1
Code Snippet
The machine could not be found (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.RSClient)
Edit:
W've gotten a little farther. We have determined that The users who are in the "BuiltinAdministrators" Group can Connect to the Report Server from a client machine but the users that we are trying to fix are not in that Group, But they are in a Group that we added to the SQL Security. We have that group setup like the Admin group, but we still can't get them to Connect
Hi, I have a database of Sql server 2000 in one of my windows XP machine. when iam trying to connect that database from other machine i am getting sql server does n't exist message. I can able to connect the sqlserver through the Enterprise manager but i can not connect the sqlserver through code.
I already used the same code to connect the sql server in windows 2000 machine and i connected to the database without any problem. but iam facing the problem with windows XP machine.
I received the above error yesterday and haven't been able to trace it to any job or process running. We haven't implemented any changes to the server in the past few months, and it doesn't look to be a user-established connection, since the Client IP Address of the SSPI handshake error is from the server itself.
I logged this set of messages in SQL AgentServer error log:
Date 10.03.2008 6:15:19 PM Log SQL Server (Current - 11.03.2008 2:32:00 PM) Source Logon Message SSPI handshake failed with error code 0x80090304 while establishing a connection with integrated security; the connection has been closed. [CLIENT: <IP Address>]
I've just set up a new installation of SQL 7 in a WinNT4/sp5 machine so I can learn more about this stuff and I'm trying to configure a Win98 client. From the Win98 client all looks well on the surface. Interestingly when I click on the server from within the Win98 MMC/Enterprise Manager it attempts to establish a dial-up connection to my ISP. The only network protocol I have running is TCP/IP.
Also, I can do what ever I want from within Enterprise Manager and SQL Analyzer but if I attempt to execute a script using the OSQL utility at a dos prompt as follows
We have upgraded sql server 2000 to sqlserver 2005 on the development server.
To access the database server, we installed the sql server management studio on the client PC with Admin Account. The .Net framework and sqlserver management studio were installed and I am able to access the database from the client PC using Admin Login. Then we logged off and tried to login as user account on the client PC. From the user account login we are unable to open the sql server management studio. The error is as follows The proper type library could not be found in system registry?
The client PC configuration : windows 2000 Professional ( sp4)
Hi I developed a windows application in Visual studio 2005 and the database is sqlexpress. I wanted my application to run on another system.For that i have installed sqlexpress 2005 on that machine.But that machine doesn't show me any enterprise manager or query manager for sqlserver. Is there any solution for this.
Hi I am developing a Report Project ,that contains some reports using VS.Net ,My task is to install these reports on client Machine. Is there any option to add a "Set Up Project" to the Report Project solution, so that client may run this setup project(.exe) to install the reports in his server.
My Main requirement is , client can install these reports into his machine by executing a set up file. Is this possible?, Please suggest me a good solution
I would like to install the components I need to develop a SSIS custom component. Is there an SDK or install option for just the visual studio components?
Today I attempted to install SQL Reporting Services on a box that only has the OLE DB driver for Analysis Services and the MSXML components; both of which are SP2.
When running the SQL Server 2005 install to install SSRS, I get an error:
"SQL Server 2005 Setup has detected incompatible components from beta versions of Visual Studio, .NET Framework, or SQL Server 2005. Use Add or Remove Programs to remove these components, and then run SQL Server 2005 Setup again. For detailed instructions on uninstalling SQL Server 2005, see the SQL Server 2005 Readme."
This box has barely anything on it aside from ProClarity Analytics Server and the components I mentioned above. My only guess is that the SQL 2005 installer sees some newer components that are SP2 and it thinks they are beta? I know for sure I do not have any beta software on this machine.
We recently upgraded to SQL 2005 from SQL 2000. We have most of our issues ironed out however about every 1 minute there is a message in the Application Event log and the SQL log that states:
EVENT ID 18456 Login Failed for the users DOMAIN/ACCOUNT [CLIENT: <local machine>]
This is a state 16 message which I thought meant that the account does not have access to the default database. The account is actually the account that the SQL services run under.
Any ideas? We can't seem to figure this one out. We actually upgraded to 2005 from 2000 and had an error appear after every reboot that prevented the SQL Agent from running(This application has failed to start because GAPI32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.) We did a full uninstall of SQL and reinstalled fresh and restored the databases from .bak files and that is when the EVENT ID 18546 started occuring every minute.
We don't have any SQL heavy hitters here so please be detailed with any possible solutions. That you very much for any help you can provide!
