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joeschoe

joeschoe

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I am trying to finalize a setup program.
The setup installs the MSDE2000 , reboots, changes the loginsmode registry entry from 1 to 2, then runs the InstallDB.
When I then run the application, windows XP gives me a message that a problem was encountered and offer to send a message to Microsoft. In other words the application crashes.
I have no access to the program source, I was given a directory with the program .exe and the database files .mdf and .ldf
The installDB seems to recognize the database and gives a message of successfully attached.
My question:
Must the InstanceName used in the msde Setup.exe match the database name in the installDB?
If not, what purpose does it serve? I am not sure what is meant by an instance.

 
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Really you should be posting this in the SQL Server forum since MSDE is a subset of SQL Server. With that said, there is an excellent article by Mark Minasi in one of his newsletters (June or July 2005 -- can't remember) that covers MSDE in depth. It's a light read so it my shed some light on some of the issues you are having.
 
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itsp1965, Your reply was on the ball. Tha article was exactly what I needed.
If anyone wants it the precise link is
then search archives for
Mark Minasi's Windows Networking Tech Page
Issue #48 July 2005
 
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