Install SQL Server 2005 Express again?
I posted this on the Visual Basic Express Edition forum but haven't gotten a reply inspite of 129 viewings. I'm hoping for better luck here. Here it is:
When I installed VB 2005 Express, the installation process also downloaded and installed:
1) .NET Framework 2.0
2) MSDN 2005 Express
3) SQL Server 2005 Express
However, it seems to me that it has installed a very limited version of SQL Server 2005 Express! All that the installation did was to put just the configuration shortcuts for SQL Server 2005 Express in my Start Menu.
I have also separately downloaded SQL Server 2005 Express.Should I install it over what is already installed? Do I need to do anything in addition to simply installing it?
TIA
[797 byte] By [
Gunny] at [2007-12-17]
Jeff,
I meant even more limited than the limited SQL Server 2005 Express!I am wondering what I would have gotten if I had installed SQL Server 2005 Express by itself first. Would I have gotten just the Configuration shortcuts for it in the Start Menu? If yes, what possible use would that have been?
As it happens, I asked this question during a Microsoft webcast I attended yesterday and got just about the same answer. Essentially, I did not need to install SQL Server 2005 Express again because I could work through VB XE (Visual Basic Express Edition). But that still left me wondering.Oh well, I can always try installing SQL Server 2005 Express again anyway and see what happens.
Thanks for the SSMSE CTP link.
