I have downloaded and installed the latest SQL 2005 BOL. I even installed
the msi file in the Samples folder and still the tutorial doesn't work.

Has anyone gotten the tutorial to work? Eventhe customers.xls file was
missing and even when i did find one in another tutorial, it didn't match.

HELP!

I'm having the same problem. I'll be watching this thread.

OK. Finally got it working.

Here's the rub. Do not install the standalone Books Online download from
the Microsoft site.

I installed SQL 2005 and then applied SP1.

I then executed the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\90\Tools\Samples\SQLServerSamples.msi program to install the Samples
folder under the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Samples folder.

Ensure that the BOl Tutorial (Lesson 1) is using text files and not an Excel
sheet. If the tutorial makes reference to an Excel sheet, youhave the wrong
version of BOL.

Will keep you posted!


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