<jim.deveraux@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1154452369.301398.273620@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I've seen this error a ton in the groups, but no solutions for a lot of
> them. I'll try anyway.
>
> I have recently installed MS SQL Server 2000 Developer's Edition on my
> XP machine. I am trying to install Reporting Services, which is also
> 2000 Dev. Ed. At one screen, I get the dreaded error msg:
>
> "This edition of the Report Server Database is not supported on the
> edition of SQL Server 2000 you have chosen."
>
> And it won't install any further. In the query analyzer, I put:
>
> SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY
> ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')
> go
>
> select @@version
> go
>
> And get:
>
> 8.00.760 SP3 Developer Edition
>
> Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86) Dec 17 2002
> 14:22:05 Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation Developer
> Edition on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 2)
>
> Oddly enough, my computer is not running NT but XP instead. Anyway, I
> am sure the RS is Dev. Ed. It even says so during installation. The
> only thing I can think of is that I also have MSDE on the machine from
> earlier, and Control Panel says it is not working properly in the
> Add/Remove Programs bar. Any suggestions?
>

Bruce L-C [MVP] wrote:
> It sounds like you have identified the problem. It seems to me that it is
> detecting the MSDE. Its been a long time since I messed around with MSDE. I
> would see about removing that and seeing if that clears up the problem.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>