Clicking Install will launch the Microsoft MSDE installer with the appropriate command line, and will close the Ivize MSDE Installer. Summary: This dialog shows a summary of the information gathered by the installer. This dialog defaults to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server. The database files will go in a subfolder of the folder the user selects. Nothing important here, other than shutting down most Windows programs.ĭestination Folder: The second dialog prompts the user for a destination folder for the MSDE engine files. The DialogsThe first dialog displays the typical intro screen that all installations have. After the installation of Ivize, the password can be changed using the Ivize Database Utility (see section 3.2.9).
Thus, upon installation the SA password will be blank. While this behavior is documented, it is not actually supported, and is ignored "for security reasons". One limitation of MSDE that is worth noting is that the installer provided by Microsoft offers no actual means of setting the SA password during installation. To solve this problem, the Ivize MSDE Installer (\MSDE\MSDESetup.exe) provides a user interface to gather the necessary information from the user, and then uses that information to generate the correct command line parameters for the Microsoft MSDE installer. However, this installer has virtually no user interface, and installs to a set of defaults, only changeable via command line parameters. MSDE InstallerThe MSDE redistributables provided by Microsoft do include an installer.
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The Ivize Database Utility has the following software requirements: ? Windows NT4 with Service Pack 6, Windows 2000, or Windows XP (Workstation, Professional, and Server are all acceptable) The Ivize MSDE Installer has the following software requirements:
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