Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2: Using SQL Server 2000 instead of SQL Express 2005
Hello
I installed Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 without SQL Express 2005 because I already had SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition. Now I′m getting errors which says that SQL Express cannot create the needed databases when eg. launching a Web Starter Kit.
Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.
Description:An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.SQLExpress database file auto-creation error:blabla...
Do I really need SQL Express? I′d like to use SQL Server 2000. Thanks for help.
[884 byte] By [
Tuomas] at [2008-2-10]
The very first time you ever run SSE on your machine, it does some copying of files that take a while. So a timeout can occur.
If you would like to use SQL 2000, you certainly can. However, you won't get any of the Xcopy functionality that is associated with SSE. The design time makes certain assumptions about local data with SSE. But, if you are not using local data, you won't need it.
If you don't want SSE, stop the service and/or uninstall it.
Hi Lance,
What if I never installed the SQL Server Express? How can I uninstall it? or stop it?
I do get the exact same error - only for a page where I use authorization. I am using the Membership provided by .Net 2.0, with the SQL 2000 - there is no reference in my Web.config file to any other SQL instances other than my SQL 2000... I have been able to create the user and to log in - but on the page where authenticated access is required I get the above-mentioned error.
I am using the Beta 2 (v2.0.50215), with no SQL Server Express installed.
Please help!
Thanks,
Alicia
