I am trying to install SQL Server 2008 Express but get the error
set.exe is not a valid Win32 application
I do not have that much disc space on this machine as it is at the moment, only 10,5 gig, is this perhaps the problem? Any advice perhaps on what the cause could be and how to fix it.
regards
Looks like a corrupted download. Instead of [RUN], choose [Save] and then run from your local hard drive. Verify the size of the download before running the executable. If this doesn't work, try to download it again.
Make sure you read the system requirements on MS DL as SQLEXPR_x86_ENU.exe: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Express
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I tried to install MS SQL server, yesterday on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OS machine, following the instructions provided in a PDF by a company that has done it before.
Everything seemed to say it installed ok. However it didn't seem to install SQL Server Management Studio which is used for a lot of the exercises I am required to do and quite useful in general.
Has this happened to anybody else. Has anyone got any advice for what I can do to fix this.
I did notice that my machine seems to have MS SQL Server 2008 for some reason, I think it must have already been there and is conflicting, perhaps I should uninstall it. What do you think?
I hope you's can help.
Thanks
KR
Sharpie
I'm guessing you downloaded and installed only the db, and not the one with "Tools". The Tools is the one that includes SSMS. No worries you can go here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29062 and download the Tools separately and install it. Expanded the "Details" of the page and this will let you know about the different files you can download.
Where can I download that? All I can find is the express version. I bought the SQL Server Developer 2008, but the Studio wasnt installed along with it...
Thanks
SSMS is ALWAYS part of any non-express edition including DEV edition (I mean you dont need to download it seperately).
When you install SQL Server Dev. (or any other non-express edition), during setup process you will come across a screen where you can select which components to install (e.g. SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, BIDS, BOL etc). In that step you will need to select SSMS to get it installed.
For some reason if you have skipped that step you can run setup again and just install SSMS only.
But I dont think there is any seperate download available for "normal" SSMS.
This is an annoyance because access to SQL Server from a workstation is necessary and the only way (as previous posters mentioned) is to use the full SQL Server licensed installation package.
You'll run the setup to install as though you're installing the full database. In some cases, setup will detect that you'll need to first install some dependencies. When you come to the Feature Selection, you can select the Management Tools only.
http://i.stack.imgur.com/ochff.gif
You can download eval version from this link -
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx
The express edition are the free versions.
The express version is the free version. If you want another version you need to buy it. My best guess is that it is included in one of those packages on in the microsoft store.
EDIT
According to a forum:
I`m not sure what you mean - you ask
for Management Studio and there is a
download link for SQL Server
Management Studio Express.
Or will you buy a SQL Server Standard,
Enterprise or Datacenter Edition -
then you have the "normal" SQL Server
Management Studio.
I installed SQL 2008 Enterprise edition all work properly during the installation all requirement are passed then after click finish go to :
start --> All Programs --> Microsoft SQL Server 2008 --> only found the Configuration Tools and import export data
any help plz
During installation you need to make sure to install management tools.
I get that occasionally when istalling on a rebuilt machine or server. I have no idea why it happens, but to make sure it doesnt happen, I normally choose the path where I choose the features during install and make sure you have the i think its called client tools or something checked for install. I used to get it all the time until I changed.
If you have different versions installed, it will show only one of them in the Start/Program Files Menu. However you might be able to find the exe file down the road at somewhere like:
"$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\Ssms.exe"
for the 2008 version and
"$\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\SqlWb.exe"
for the 2005 version.
Is it possible to install Management Studio by itself, and if so, is there a separate download/install exe for it?
Yes, use custom install and chose not to install the database engine.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express
and 2008 added:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express
I believe that there is one installation, but you can pick the management tools (and not install a server).
BTW - the 2008 installer takes forever and is way more complicated than the 2005 installer.
You can get Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM - Management Studio Express here.
I believe that if you install SQL Server Management Express, you can't manage all the objects you can in the version you get from installing from the media. For example, you can't manage integration services or analysis services with management express.
The only way I've ever been able to install it is from the media; but like a previous post mentions, you don't have to install the database engine.
It's confusing for new DBAs that's for sure. I spent a significant amount of time trying to find a "SSMS.msi" on microsoft's website before I figured out it was on the media, and could be installed without installing the database engine; though you have to go to "install SQL Server Stand-alone" to get to it.
Fortunately, I'm still having a hard time trying to keep the server version and all the developers that need SSMS on the same version. If anyone knows of a way to make an .MSI (or download) one that contains all the correct versions of A.S./S.S.I.S/Database Engine I would love to hear it.
+1 for RQDQ. For 2008 I think you need 3.5 .Net Framework also. And yes it takes forever doing all kinds of validations.
you can download management studio by itself, but when you install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, management studio is also installed
I have been running SQL Server 2005 Express Management Studio ("SSMSE"), and I now have a need to install the full version of Management Studio ("SSMS"). This is a known hassle, but I've not found a comprehensive way to carry it out.
At first, I uninstalled SSMSE, and then ran SqlRun_Tools.msi to install the toolset. I got this error message:
A component that you have specified in the ADD_LOCAL property is already
installed. To upgrade the existing component, refer to the template.ini
and set the UPGRADE property to the name of the component.
I had no idea what template.ini was. So I looked around, and decided to uninstall the rest of the minimal installation of SQL Server 2005 Express on my computer by following Microsoft's advice in KB 909967, "How to uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 manually." That bit was very successful.
But when I attempted to run SqlRun_Tools.msi again, I faced this mess when the installer was "Preparing Installation Wizard":
The setup has encountered an unexpected error in datastore. The action
is SetDialogs. The error is : Source File Name:
...\datastorecachexmlschema.cpp
**** Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:50 2005
**** Function Name: DataStoreCacheXMLSchema::initScopeRecord*****Sour...
(but replace the asterisks with box chars, which were probably CR-LF's in the original message)
This is very frustrating. Does anybody have any advice for installing the full version of SSMS over top of SSMSE? Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!
I have also installed SQL Management Studio before just using the SqlRun_Tools.msi package without any problems but I think if you have previously had any other SQL Server 2005 components installed then you will need to install the Setup Support Files first as this is probably what sets up the component installation sequence. This can be done either by installing from the SQL Server installation media or by running the sqlsupport.msi file as described in the Microsoft KB article.
I resolve this problem
Steps
Go to Add\remove program
unstall SQL server browser
Install support files from CD
Install SQL_Tools.MSI
Well, I roughly found out what the problem was, based on a somewhat cryptic resolution mentioned across a few different forums. This solution suggested that I needed to install Setup Support Files. Maybe it was reinstall, since I removed something with the same name when uninstalling SQL2K5 Express. I'm not sure if they were the same files, between the full version and the Express Edition.
I had tried reinstalling SQLXML4, the Native Client, and MSXML6 just to see if I could get beyond the error involving datastorecachexmlschema.cpp, and each time, I got the same error again. But I tried the technique mentioned in the above link, and it worked perfectly.
Basically, you insert the CD and run just the first part of the installation process, which installs the installation tools, including Setup Support Files. Then you cancel the rest of the installation process, and run SqlRun_Tools.msi instead.
I got great results when upgrading 2008 express to 2008 developer by (running setup) first going to Maintenance->Upgrade Edition, and then (since Management Tools etc was still "express" and I mainly needed the Sql Profiler) I also did a complete "new" installation (Installation->"New installation or add features.."), selecting the existing instance and then selecting all features.
No uninstall or command line necessary.
Behaved the same afterwards, just with new features.