SQL Server Katmai Setup & Upgrade - SQL Server Katmai
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Reporting Services won't install on Vista Ultimate

440 byte By JimKlein at 2008-3-7
I've tried several times, enabling IIS as instructed (I can see the IIS 7 home page), but I keep getting the warning message when setup runs the system check that IIS is either not installed or enabled. If no one else has run across this, I'll try to uninstall 2008 and then reinstall again. ...

Can't install the client components, error raised

584 byte By Willgart at 2008-3-6
Hi,when I try to install the client components I receive this error:Upgrade failed due to the following error. The error code is:-2147467259. Message: Unspecified errorI think the problem is during the upgrade of the report server components.my computer has the SQL 2005 client components ...

Unable to install SQL Server 2008 on Windows Vista

447 byte By Robert_W at 2008-3-5
I am unable to install the latest CTP of SQL 2008 on my Windows Vista machine. It gets through all the things that happen before the install starts, but when it tries to install I get the following error message:"The installer package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and ...

setup on Windows XP 32 bit

167 byte By WallyMcClure at 2008-3-3
I have installed on Windows XP 32 bit. This is running under VPC 2007. The basics seem to be working so far, but I haven't dug into it too much. Wally

Can't install the client components in XP SP2

1023 byte By PercyReyes at 2008-3-1
Hi,I can not install the client components in Windows XP SP2. I have Visual Studio Professional 2005, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, office word 2007 and power point 2007 components installed. I do not deal because this happens(passes). Would these components cause the error?The error is: It ...

during install: SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (SSMS) crashes (dumps + log files available)

28450 byte By ErkanYilmaz at 2008-2-28
SQL Server Version: SQL Server 2008 CTP (Katmai Developer Edition X86, english) 10.0.1019.17SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) version: 10.0.1019.17 ((SQL_PreRelease).070524-1510)Summary:during installation, the automatically started SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) crashes (see step2+6, ...

Failure to install - XOLEHLP.dll not found

1530 byte By JamieThomson at 2008-2-27
Hello,I'm trying to install CTP3 of katmai on Windows Server 2004 running inside Virtual PC.It installs the setup files OK. Straight after that I get an error message box saying "The application has failed to start because XOLEHLP.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix ...

Failed to load SqlSpars.dll

3622 byte By JamieThomson at 2008-2-26
Evening all,I'm tearing my hair out trying to get katmai CTP3 installed.Setup files get installed OK but then it conks out with 2 error messages:"The application has failed to start because XOLEHLP.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem" "TITLE: ...

"Setup has detected one or more instances of SQL Server 2000..."

369 byte By davidbrit2 at 2008-2-25
Tried to install the CTP and got a message stating that 2008 won't coexist with 2000. I had an instance of 2000 Developer Edition on here that I was testing some stuff with. I removed that, rebooted, and I still get the same message. Am I to assume that you can't even install 2008 if you've ...

"Setup has detected one or more instances of SQL Server 2000..."

376 byte By davidbrit2 at 2008-2-24
Tried to install the CTP and got a message stating that 2008 won't coexist with 2000. I had an instance of 2000 Developer Edition on here that I was testing some stuff with. I removed that, rebooted, and I still get the same message. Am I to assume that you can't even install 2008 if you've ...

Client Components Fail to Install - UPDATE

1625 byte By nielsb at 2008-2-23
Me as well can not install the client components on boxes that have CLR 2.0/Office 2007 already installed. Notice that the failures have occured on boxes that doesn't have any SQL Server 2005 components installed. I do not know if it is CLR 2.0 or Office that causes the failures.The error I'm ...

setup on Windows XP 32 bit

167 byte By WallyMcClure at 2008-2-22
I have installed on Windows XP 32 bit. This is running under VPC 2007. The basics seem to be working so far, but I haven't dug into it too much. Wally

Failure to install - XOLEHLP.dll not found

1530 byte By JamieThomson at 2008-2-22
Hello,I'm trying to install CTP3 of katmai on Windows Server 2004 running inside Virtual PC.It installs the setup files OK. Straight after that I get an error message box saying "The application has failed to start because XOLEHLP.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix ...

Client Components Fail to Install

1625 byte By nielsb at 2008-2-21
Me as well can not install the client components on boxes that have CLR 2.0/Office 2007 already installed. Notice that the failures have occured on boxes that doesn't have any SQL Server 2005 components installed. I do not know if it is CLR 2.0 or Office that causes the failures.The error I'm ...

Cannot install error code is :-2147467259. Workstation Components ...

987 byte By Bogey1 at 2008-2-20
I cannot get the the workstation components to install. Below is the error. SI (s) (C0:58) [13:25:36:394]: Note: 1: 1708 MSI (s) (C0:58) [13:25:36:394]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server "Katmai" Tools -- Installation failed.MSI (s) (C0:58) [13:25:44:996]: Cleaning up uninstalled install ...

Can't install the client components, error raised

591 byte By Willgart at 2008-2-19
Hi,when I try to install the client components I receive this error:Upgrade failed due to the following error. The error code is:-2147467259. Message: Unspecified errorI think the problem is during the upgrade of the report server components.my computer has the SQL 2005 client components ...

Sample Databases Won't install

612 byte By OleKristianBangaas at 2008-2-18
When I installed SQL Server 2008 32-bit Dev from the ISO at connect.microsoft.com, I carefully chose to install the sample databases as well. They did not install. When I later enter Add/Remove Programs, to add the Sample Databases, they (correctly) shows as not installed. I change the ...

katmai on windows server standard 2003

81 byte By edgard at 2008-2-17
Is it possible to install katmai on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition? </span>

katmai on windows server standard 2003

74 byte By edgard at 2008-2-16
Is it possible to install katmai on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition?

Connect error dialog and TDS App Event Log error when trying to connect using local Management S

1459 byte By bderemer at 2008-2-15
I have successfully installed the July CTP SQL Server 2008 x86 dev image, but I cannot use it. I am installing this on the recently released Server 2008 RC0 and it went fine - everything succeeded. I only installed the Database Engine, all Client components, and all Documentation, Books, and ...

Error Installing SQL Server 2008 (July CTP)

2108 byte By AbhiD at 2008-2-15
When I install July CTP (do not have any other version of SQL on my laptop)I am consistently getting an errorError Code: 18456MSI (s) (C0!4C) [01:01:33:703]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 -- Error 29515. SQL Server Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. ...

Failure to install - XOLEHLP.dll not found

938 byte By hakeemBalogun at 2008-2-15
Check the Win/sys 32 for that files - XOLEHLP.dll . If not download it from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?xolehlp then copy it to the system 32 folder. ...

Cannot install error code is :-2147467259. Workstation Components ...

990 byte By Bogey1 at 2008-2-15
I cannot get the the workstation components to install. Below is the error. SI (s) (C0:58) [13:25:36:394]: Note: 1: 1708 MSI (s) (C0:58) [13:25:36:394]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server "Katmai" Tools -- Installation failed. MSI (s) (C0:58) [13:25:44:996]: Cleaning up uninstalled ...

Upgrader SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 July CTP

526 byte By ahmedmosa at 2008-2-15
Dear all,i have alot of qustions1) Can i install Side by Side SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2008 July CTP?2) Can i upgrade Default instanse of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 July CTP?3) Are anyone have advice of upgrade Analysis Service, DTS and Relational database on SQL Server 2000 to ...

Error installing SQL 2008 July CTP

1728 byte By ReganGalbraith at 2008-2-14
During my first install.- on a XP SP2 machine.- no SQL 2000 or 2005 installed. - Uninstalled SQL 2005 workstation components. Error:TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SetupUpgrade Failed due to the following Error.The error code is :-2147467259.Message:Unspecified errorFor help, click: ...

Error Installing SQL Server 2008 (July CTP)

2138 byte By AbhiD at 2008-2-14
When I install July CTP (do not have any other version of SQL on my laptop) I am consistently getting an error Error Code: 18456MSI (s) (C0!4C) [01:01:33:703]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 -- Error 29515. SQL Server Setup could not connect to the database service for server ...

katmai on windows server standard 2003

74 byte By edgard at 2008-2-13
Is it possible to install katmai on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition?

Failure to install - XOLEHLP.dll not found

938 byte By hakeemBalogun at 2008-2-13
Check the Win/sys 32 for that files - XOLEHLP.dll . If not download it from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?xolehlp then copy it to the system 32 folder. ...

Upgrader SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 July CTP

563 byte By ahmedmosa at 2008-2-12
Dear all, i have alot of qustions 1) Can i install Side by Side SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2008 July CTP? 2) Can i upgrade Default instanse of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 July CTP? 3) Are anyone have advice of upgrade Analysis Service, DTS and Relational database on SQL Server 2000 ...

Upgrade from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 July CTP

563 byte By ahmedmosa at 2008-2-11
Dear all, i have alot of qustions 1) Can i install Side by Side SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2008 July CTP? 2) Can i upgrade Default instanse of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 July CTP? 3) Are anyone have advice of upgrade Analysis Service, DTS and Relational database on SQL Server 2000 ...

Management Studio won''t install

711 byte By ANied at 2008-2-10
I am running Windows XP Pro, SP 2. I had SQL Server 2005 installed, but had uninstalled it. The install didn't go cleanly (I have posted a message in SQL Server 2005 Setup forum detailing the problems). Put simply, the files for 2005 were uninstalled, but Configuration Manager still shows the ...

SQL 2000 -&gt; SQL 2008 Upgrade Possible?

285 byte By namraja at 2008-2-10
<font face=Arial size=2>Sorry if this has been asked before (but I can't see a thread on this topic). Any thoughts if it will be possible to 'upgrade' your SQL 2000 databases to SQL 2008. Or will I be forced to upgrade these legacy databases to SQL 2005 first? Thanks</font>

Setup Nits

810 byte By JohnSaunders at 2008-2-8
As I'll detail in another post, an install of everything except for Analysis services failed to install Workstation components. On the second attempt, I noticed two small issues: It was disconcerting that none of the checkboxes for components were checked. It made me think that I hadn't ...

first setup

218 byte By AleksK at 2008-2-8
I setup yesterday sql server 2008 on VPC for studio Orcas. Everything was smooth, however when I finished setup I did not see familiar enterprise management studio which allows to manage database files. what I can do?

Unable to install SQL Server 2008 Workstation component on W2008 Beta 2

447 byte By Robert_W at 2008-2-7
I am unable to install the latest CTP of SQL 2008 on my Windows Vista machine. It gets through all the things that happen before the install starts, but when it tries to install I get the following error message:"The installer package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and ...

SQL 2000 -> SQL 2008 Upgrade Possible?

285 byte By namraja at 2008-2-7
<font face=Arial size=2>Sorry if this has been asked before (but I can't see a thread on this topic). Any thoughts if it will be possible to 'upgrade' your SQL 2000 databases to SQL 2008. Or will I be forced to upgrade these legacy databases to SQL 2005 first? Thanks</font>

Login failed for user

437 byte By Dhruv at 2008-2-7
I recently installed SQL Server 2008 July CTP, and am not able to login using the Windows account. I left everything as default during installation, set the authentication mode to Mixed, set up the sa account password. I can login using the sa account with no problems, but can't login using ...

Error installing SQL 2008 July CTP

1877 byte By ReganGalbraith at 2008-2-7
During my first install. - on a XP SP2 machine. - no SQL 2000 or 2005 installed. - Uninstalled SQL 2005 workstation components. Error: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup Upgrade Failed due to the following Error.The error code is :-2147467259.Message:Unspecified error For help, click: ...

SQL Server Setup CTP July Build after Visual Studio 2008 B2 doesn''t work on Vista 64 bit

6750 byte By AndreaBorghi at 2008-2-6
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup Upgrade Failed due to the following Error.The error code is :-2147467259.Message:Unspecified error For help, click: ...

How to uninstall the SQL2008 June CTP

254 byte By daijun at 2008-2-6
Hello all: i tried to remove the katmai from my control panel.And the result is that I removed the SQL2008 item in the program list but actually it still exists in my box. Anyone knows how to uninstall the SQl2008? Thanks

KATMAI installation

410 byte By sreedpk at 2008-2-5
i am trying to upgrade my SQL 2005 sp2 to Katmai CTP -3. But during the installation it is saying SQL DB services and workstation components already installed. Any idea do we need to uninstall SQL 2005 completely before starting the KATMAI INSTALLATION. I tried that option of completely ...

Management Studio won''t install

711 byte By ANied at 2008-2-5
I am running Windows XP Pro, SP 2. I had SQL Server 2005 installed, but had uninstalled it. The install didn't go cleanly (I have posted a message in SQL Server 2005 Setup forum detailing the problems). Put simply, the files for 2005 were uninstalled, but Configuration Manager still shows the ...

The Tabular Data Stream (TDS) unsupported

2484 byte By ben2004uk at 2008-2-4
Hello, Today I have been setting up a box with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 on Vista. After that installed, I decided I would install Katmai on their as well. I uninstalled the 2005 workstation components and the Katmai installed worked fine. When I try and connect using Management Studio, I get ...

64 bit

180 byte By Ehendricks880 at 2008-2-4
Has any mention of the 2008 editions been available? As with 2005 the Enterprise edition of SQL Server 2005 was the only one that supported 64bit OS will this be the same for 2008

SQL Litespeed not installing

374 byte By RonOrtloff-MSFTTAPcustmr at 2008-2-4
When attempting to install SQL LiteSpeed version 4.6.0.00303 on a server with Katmai running no instances are recognized as candidates to be installed on. The list box on the "SQL Instances" install screen reads <No data to display> I'm wondering if LiteSpeed installs are ...

Settings on server 2003 and SQL Server

524 byte By AleksK at 2008-2-4
I try to install SQL 2008 on VPC for orcas because I want to test my application in this environment before I can tell that my app can run on 2003 server. However when I install SQL 2008 I do not see management studio. From email I see that people use it. I decided to look setting on my server. ...

Uninstall but services still there

533 byte By Crispin at 2008-2-3
Greetings all, I took a brave step and installed Katmai June CTP on my machine.Now I try uninstall it and it bails. Click on the remove button in Add Remove programs and it pops up a dialog saying an error occurred. The option is now gone.All the services still exit on the machine and are ...

ReInstalling Katmai.

740 byte By PRaevsky at 2008-2-3
I cannot reinstall Katmai.Somehow, I created a situation where Management Studio could not connect to reporting services. Being unable to diagnose why, I decided to uninstall and reinstall. I had installed everything. After running about 10 uninstalls, I went to C:/Program Files/ and blasted ...

Can SQL 2008 coexist with SQL2005?

615 byte By JayaramKrishnaswamy at 2008-2-2
I have a SQL 2005 installed on my laptop with Windows XP Media Center Edition with the following components: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 9.00.1399.00Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools 2005.090.1399.00Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2000.085.1117.00 ...

How to connect to the June Katmai CTP?

475 byte By Lars-IngeT?nnessen at 2008-2-2
Hi all, I'm new to the Katmai SQL Server. I have just installed the June CTP x64 developer edition on a Win2003 Server AMD x64 bit. I installed everything. The install went fine. My question: How do I connect to the Katmai? There where no Management Studio in the install package. The SQL ...

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