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You may be thinking installing SQL Server 2008 Express Edition is easy, yes it is when you have simple terms of usage.  No issues for version 2005 though, just keep in mind about SQL Server 2008 installation when Visual Studio 2008 is/isn't present? issues to resolve. Just to talk in list of documentation, SQL Server Express makes ...

For every new user in SQL Server world and experienced users to get used to newer version of SQL Server, having sample kit will definetly help out. In this scenario I often get emails asking about any samples or documentation (procedures) to get more about the latest release of SQL Server, in the same fashion thanks to Microsoft learning that ...

Few times I get such error  Snap-in failed with a long CLSID string mentioned in the subject above. On this client machine previously I have SQL Server 2000 tools and recently installed 2005 version too, instantly error: Snap-in failed to initializeName Microsoft SQL Enterprise ManagerCLSID : {00100100-1816-11D0-8EF5-00AA0062C58F} Tried ...

May 25 2007-  From the snippet of Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP I have raised a feedback form on Connect.Microsoft website to get newer version (SQL Server 2005) about Index Defragmentation Best practices information. Vote your interest to get newer documentation quickly for most of our benefit to attain the performance. Jan 04 2008 - ...

What I like within the SQL Server Reporting Services is using RDL for own formatted reports, as this gives you the complete freedom to build your own reporting designer tool, if you are not experienced in using Visual Studio based report designer or crystal reports. So the benefit of beginners in Reporting Services I would like to refer the ...

Interesting popup message on the down-right corner of my laptop when I'm performing SQL Server tasks against a 2005 version database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), displays the message ''Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is waiting for an internal operation to complete. If you regularly encounter this delay ...

Imagine a simple installation of SQL Server Express 2005 edition fails with an error ''SQL Server service failed to start?'' Whether it may be on a X64 based operating system or on a simple desktop with XP PRO, as usual you would go with default install options. When the installation fais always best to check the error log for the reason ...

Say you are executing a scheduled job using a batch file and output is stored to a file, then in that output file you will see Warning messages such as SQLSTATE. So how to suppress these messages on the output file. Simply using -i option in SQLCMD as input file by putting the relevant queries in this file, and as usual using -o option ...

While installing SQL Server Express 2005 you might have come across the error: System Configuration Checker Fails with ''Performance Monitor Counter Check Failed'' Message As you have seen that one of the README file for SQL 2005 installation suggests the following workaround: *************  Setup Configuration Checker (SCC) in ...

Error: An error has occured while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005,this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.(provider:Named Pipes Provider,error:40-Could not open connection to SQL Server)) You might have seen the above error very ...