Dave
Perch
I'm having nothing but problems trying to set up MSDE so I can use Enterprise Manager for working with SQL Server. I tried following the instructions Yash left in the Q&A forum, but the first problem occurs when you can't download MSDE from the link provided (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/msde/default.asp). After searching Microsoft's site for something that looks like a file to download for MSDE, the only file I can find to download is something called "MSDE 2000 for Developers Using Visual Studio .NET". Probably not the right file, but the MSDE download site doesn't have a lot of options to choose from.
After downloading the 70MB file, it unpacks to 92Mb and the instructions are to install it using a command line, which I do. It appears to install something then tells me to configure options from the control panel. But it doesn't say what I'm configuring and there is nothing new in my Control Panel that I can see. Nothing has been added to my start menu, and nothing has been added to my Add/Remove list. There doesn't appear to be anything in all the 92 Megs of unpacked files to run.
How do you get MSDE and the Enterprise Manager, and how do you install it?
Thanks for any help on this frustrating SQL Server stuff. MS Access, while not nearly as powerful, is at least easy to use and work with (from my perspective at this point anyway).
After downloading the 70MB file, it unpacks to 92Mb and the instructions are to install it using a command line, which I do. It appears to install something then tells me to configure options from the control panel. But it doesn't say what I'm configuring and there is nothing new in my Control Panel that I can see. Nothing has been added to my start menu, and nothing has been added to my Add/Remove list. There doesn't appear to be anything in all the 92 Megs of unpacked files to run.
How do you get MSDE and the Enterprise Manager, and how do you install it?
Thanks for any help on this frustrating SQL Server stuff. MS Access, while not nearly as powerful, is at least easy to use and work with (from my perspective at this point anyway).