We have several backup jobs on MSDE. How do I monitor these jobs and get notified when a job fails. What are the different notification possibilites with MSDE....more >>

Hi, I am trying to write an app that will run on XP Home (ie. no IIS), using MSDE, but which will sync to SQL CE. Can anyone offer some pointers or code samples (prefer C#), on how to do this. All the articles I can find seem to suggest using replication, or RDA, but both appear to use I...more >>

Hi NG, I've defined a job and a maintenance plan on my SQL-Server. The target system is using MSDE. I could see that the job was created, but with the Enterprise Manager I cannot see that there is a folder 'Database Maintenance Plans' under folder 'Management'. Does anybody know if Maintena...more >>

Hello, I saw that there was a topic posted on this before but I am unable to view it now. I am having problems connecting to a remote MSDE database. My MSDE database is installed on a Windows 2003 Small Business Server standard edition and I can make an ODBC connection to it on the local ...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to upgrade a program that used MSDE 7 but now migrating to SQL2000. I performed a tables & Views import from one server to another however the program returns errors when trying to intall its upgrade: SQL Error Message from CBESDBInstaller::ExecuteSql.executeDirect:...more >>

What are the differences between MSDE and SQL Server 2000 ? is MSDE Free Licence ? Thank You All.. ...more >>

Hi all, I am totaly new to all this sql server think. I have installed MSDE on Win2K Server. How do you administer this think? Is there een interface? I have tried SQL webadmin. When I try to open the site with IE I see source code of the file default.aspx. Why is this? Any help would ...more >>

Is there a way to start the server right after installing MSDE, without rebooting? Thanks in advance, Aryn. ...more >>

Hello together, i'm looking for a documentation about the MSDE 2000 which can tell me what files will be installed, where they can be found and what task they have (i need to know what process stores, reads and changes the data in the .mdf, .ndf and ..ldf files) Thanks in advance for every...more >>

Hi, I try to install MSDE but it tells me that I have to provide first a strong Password for sa. OK, so I try to do this and the system tells me that first I have to install a SQL Server... Sorry, but are they joking with me or did I neglect something??? Thanks for a hint....more >>

How add backup job schedule MSDE database with sqldmo(vb.net). Freq_type = daily and file name (.bak and .log) is different for all days. ...more >>

Can anyone provide any pointers or code examples for Coding an app to use ActiveSync to sync between SQL CE and SQL 2000 / MSDE I want the app to use ActiveSync and to be a Windows form app on the PC and with a widest target platform (ie. XP home, so no IIS), therefore using IIS for Sync is...more >>

Hi, OS: Windows XP SP2 MSDE: SP3a I have installed MSDE as a local administrative user acccount called MPS. When I add a domain user account to the pc (with "local" administrative privileges), this user doesn't even see that the MSDE application has been installed and thus can't us...more >>

I just deployed a Windows 2003 Server Std machine which has the SQL Service running (icon in the ashtray). Is this SQL Server or MSDE? In which case, how do I switch off the whole thing so it is totally disabled? Thanks....more >>

Is it possible to install MSDE2000 (SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine) with its data files to a Netware 6.0 mapped drive so that the database engine need not be separately installed on each user's workstation and all the users can share the database? Alternatively, if MSDE2000 must be installed se...more >>

Hi I wonder if anyone can help. I am looking for the MSDE merge modules to use in a .net 2003 set up and deployment module. see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325004/EN-US/ However I have already installed SQL server standard edition on my development server. How do I get these MSM's to...more >>

I have all of the tables, procs ... etc created using a full version of SQL Server. Now I want to move the tables, proc ... etc to MSDE so I can distribute what I've created. Is there an easy way?? ...more >>

Hello, does anyone know how I could autostart the MSAgent on Win98/Me with a named instance. I try with scm.exe -Action 1 -Service SQLAgent$$" & str_InstanceName where str_InstanceName is the name of the MSDE Instance. The password is correct (I exported the crypted password from a comp...more >>

Should this be an issue? My system was working fine before I renamed my system (host), but since I have renamed it, my application is working from a remote system. From the local system (the machine where the MSDE is running) the app is working fine. Any ideas? - manzoor ...more >>

Greetings. I just installed MSDE 2000A How can I install northwind database on it ? I looked up on the net and it asks you to install vs2003 version of MSDE So do I have to del this and install the other MSDE ? Coz I did run the ConfigSamples.exe from my VS 2003 sdk directory, but it ...more >>

what're the difference among these three functions? I can use sp_detach_db/sp_attach_db SP to attach a db in sqlserver. But what SP is in oracle to do the same work? If i want to migrate db from sqlserver to oracle. how to do the attach function in oracle? tks...more >>

Hi, How do I find out what user(s) (if any) are currently logged in? I have methods to change roles for users (or delete them) but these obviously raise errors if the user being deleted is currently active. I just want to programmatically (using C#) check who is logged on before using (for ex...more >>