"Andrea Montanari" wrote:
> hi,
> asapjim wrote:
> > Hi we would like to install MSDE using Wise installation script. The
> > Wise documentation is telling us to look for a file named MSDEx86.
> > We've looked on our Visual Studio disks and can't locate the file.
> > Two questions:
> >
> > 1. is MSDEx86 the correct file to deploy?
> > 2. if 1 = true then where can we find the file, else what file
> > should we deploy?
> >
>
> MSDEx86.exe was the bootstrap installer of MSDE 1.0, based on SQL Server
> 7.0, no longer available.. you can perhaps find it in old MSDN subscriptions
> and/or as part of the "MSDE for Visual Studio 6.0" package..
> depending on your needs, you could resort on MSDE 2000 Release A, the free
> available version of MSDE based on SQL Server 2000 and updated at service
> pack 3
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=413744D1-A0BC-479F-BAFA-E4B278EB9147&displaylang=en > (you can later update at the current service pack 4 level
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8E2DFC8D-C20E-4446-99A9-B7F0213F8BC5&displaylang=en > or directly consume it's content if legitimated) or the new (free)
> SQLExpress package, based on SQL Server 2005
>
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/express/default.mspx.. > but I think you have to update your istaller as well.. :D
>
> BTW, it is no longer recommended to directly consume MSDE merge modules in
> order not to link your users to service packs/hot fixes published by
> yourself... doing that way your installer will brand MSDE with it's own
> "signature" disabling your customer's possibility to directly upgrade from
> Microsoft updates... please have a look at point 1.2.1 in
>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/b/d/1bdf5b78-584e-4de0-b36f-c44e06b0d2a3/ReadmeSql2k32desksp4.htm#_planning_upgrades_to_msde_2000_sp4_d3jb > --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
>
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm http://italy.mvps.org > DbaMgr2k ver 0.16.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.61.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> --------- remove DMO to reply
>
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