MSSQL pre-requisite installs

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Hi Friedrich,

I see that in SB you have 3 MSSQL installs in the pre-requisite list,
2005 Express and 2008 Express 32/64bit. What options are there for more
recent versions?

Best regards,

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Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC

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Hi Arnor,

> I see that in SB you have 3 MSSQL installs in the pre-requisite list, 2005
> Express and 2008 Express 32/64bit. What options are there for more recent
> versions?

All newer Microsoft SQL Express versions are multi-100 GB redistributables
with complex dependencies. It's not possible to make this available as a
built-in Core PreRequisite (too much custom code is required to make it
perfect). We create projects for the new MSSQL versions on a script writing
(consulting) basis. For example, download the MSSQL redistributable from
the Microsoft site to keep setup.exe size small or the server data transfer
rate to a minimum, check for the required dependencies and tell the user how
to "enable" the dependencies (e.g. on newer Windows versions you can't
"install" the .NET Framework 3.5), check for database instances, execute SQL
scripts, and so on. This is a complex task and not fun at all :-(
Microsoft made it hyper-complex.

Friedrich

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Hi Friedrich,

> to "enable" the dependencies (e.g. on newer Windows versions you can't
> "install" the .NET Framework 3.5), check for database instances, execute SQL
> scripts, and so on. This is a complex task and not fun at all :-(
> Microsoft made it hyper-complex.

Yes indeed!

Best regards,

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Arnor Baldvinsson
Icetips Alta LLC