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rrb
SQLTeam Poet Laureate
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 Posted - 2003-03-03 : 22:08:59
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| hi orlInstalling MSDE from the Sql Server 2000 CD, I immediately get the following :The instance name specified is invalid.I have Windows 2000, Off 2000, MSDE 7.0 currently and EM and QA already installed.help--I hope that when I die someone will say of me "That guy sure owed me a lot of money" |
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ValterBorges
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
1429 Posts |
Posted - 2003-03-04 : 19:34:23
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rrb
SQLTeam Poet Laureate
1479 Posts |
Posted - 2003-03-04 : 20:39:57
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| Ah, Valter - Thank you so much.All those things they say about you, none of them are true! You really are a great guy!!!Cheers--I hope that when I die someone will say of me "That guy sure owed me a lot of money" |
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rrb
SQLTeam Poet Laureate
1479 Posts |
Posted - 2003-03-05 : 20:28:58
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| well it was worth a try, but when I did D:\MSDE\setup.exe /upgrade sqlrunthe error returned was incorrect command line parametersThanks anyway--I hope that when I die someone will say of me "That guy sure owed me a lot of money" |
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ValterBorges
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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rrb
SQLTeam Poet Laureate
1479 Posts |
Posted - 2003-03-06 : 00:15:53
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| yep - I think that was just a typo. I actually did upgradesp. I eventually got it going with setup.exe upgrade=1 upgradeuser=saand then I had to uninstall MSDE and re-install it...But NOW it works.Thanks for your help....--I hope that when I die someone will say of me "That guy sure owed me a lot of money" |
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the instance name specified