new to .net MSDE (database) question ?

Hi, I am new to .net, I installed .net sdk and framework.
now I downloaded MSDE and installed it, I got this directory : C:\MSDERelA
but when I double click in the setup file nothing happened, please help me on what should I do .
thanksMay be missing parameters.

Open the ReadmeMSDE2000A.htm and read under the '3.4.4 MSDE 2000 Release A Installation Examples'.

New Server Registration offers no Server Name options

Real newbie question this, I suppose. (Apologies if in the wrong forum!)

Have just downloaded and installed SQL Server Express. When I attempt to start it up, the New Server Registration dialogue box appears. When I attempt to enter a Server Name, there are no options in the drop-down box except <Browse for more>, which then offers me neither Local Servers or Network Servers.

The machine is running XP Pro and I wish to use the SQL package to develop on the PC as a stand-alone environment while I evaluate it.

So what am I doing wrong?

Many thanks in advance for any help.

I have been looking through previous threads and camce across an entry from Mike Wachal, who suggested typing the following into a command window.

SQLCmd -S .\sqlexpress -E

The response was 'SQLCmd is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'. Is this anything to do with my problem?

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Duh! I realized that I had only downloaded the Management Studio package and not SQL Server itself. All working now ...

New One Here - Dont Laugh

Start playing around with SQL 2000 Server and Visual.net
made an instance of sql, I can go in and add tables,etc.
I downloaded MSDE2000 and installed as per instruction
went to a command prompted and entered
Setup.exe /qb+ INSTANCENAME=VSDOTNET DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1 SAPWD=<YOUR
SA PASSWORD>
an error was promtped, saying to go to the control panel to make changes?
-not what the instructions said-
Opened Visual and try to connect and I cant
Any ideals as to what went wrong other than a newbie learning?What was the exact error message?
Is "<YOUR SA PASSWORD>" your actual password? I assume you've entered the
real one.
ML
http://milambda.blogspot.com/|||Did you connect to the right sql server using the instance path?
note the back slash after the computer name
Driver={SQL Server};
Server=COMPUTER_NAME\VSDOTNET ;
Database=DB_NAME;
Uid=USER_NAME;
Pwd=PASSWORD;
"David W" <davidw@.mcintoshconstruction.net> wrote in message
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> Start playing around with SQL 2000 Server and Visual.net
> made an instance of sql, I can go in and add tables,etc.
> I downloaded MSDE2000 and installed as per instruction
> went to a command prompted and entered
> Setup.exe /qb+ INSTANCENAME=VSDOTNET DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1 SAPWD=<YOUR
> SA PASSWORD>
> an error was promtped, saying to go to the control panel to make changes?
> -not what the instructions said-
> Opened Visual and try to connect and I cant
> Any ideals as to what went wrong other than a newbie learning?
>
>