Hi,
I noticed that SP2 was finally released. A few question before I dive in that install:
- Must I uninstall anything before installing SP2?
- Considering that fact that I keep a copy of each install programs on a disk in case of crash recovery, must I keep SP1 files as well as SP2 files or can I consider that SP2 is complete by itself, that it completely overwrite SP1 and so delete SP1 files and just keep SP2 files for backup?
- If I also have Compact Edition installed, is there any SP2 issued for it?
- Is there a place where I can sign in so I can receive some sort of email notice where an upgrade is available for download for SQL Server 2005 as well as for Visual Studio 2005?
Thanks in advance,
Stphane
" - Must I uninstall anything before installing SP2?"
No, changes are commulative.
"Considering that fact that I keep a copy of each install programs on a disk in case of crash recovery, must I keep SP1 files as well as SP2 files or can I consider that SP2 is complete by itself, that it completely overwrite SP1 and so delete SP1 files and just keep SP2 files for backup?"
Only if you want to install your SQL Server from scratch and only want to roll up to SP1 after a crash, otherwise if you want to update the database to SP2 again, you′ll be fine just keeping the SP2 files.
-If I also have Compact Edition installed, is there any SP2 issued for it?
No, the only changes convening the Compact edition is the support of Managment Studio to administer it.
"Is there a place where I can sign in so I can receive some sort of email notice where an upgrade is available for download for SQL Server 2005 as well as for Visual Studio 2005?"
Windows Update will inform you if new updates become available.
HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
|||Hi,
Many thanks for the infos. Just to be sure I followed your explanation. If I have to recover/reinstall SQL Server Express SP2 following a crash, I just need my original Visual Studio disk and SQL Server SP2 files installed to get back to work?
"Windows Update will inform you if new updates become available"
I'm quite surprised to read that Windows update is supposed to notify me when any update to Visual Studio 2005 as well as SQL Server are available because not later that this morning, I tried it again following reception of your reply
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=fr
and still didn't see any update available for those two items. Am I missing something?
Thanks for your help,
Stphane
|||Hi again,
I started applying "SQL server Express with advanced tools SP2" this morning and must admit that I'm not too sure about what I must understand from step "Existing components". I have three items:
- "SQL Server DataBase Services 9.1.2047.00"
=> which I can check
- "Reporting Services 9.1.2047.00"
=> which I can check
- Workstation components and development tools 9.1.2047.00
=> which is simply disabled?
If I then look at the details I can see the following warning:
Name: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools
Reason: Your upgrade is blocked. For more information about upgrade support, see the "Version and Edition Upgrades" and "Hardware and Software Requirements" topics in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
Edition check:
Your upgrade is blocked because of edition upgrade rules. For more information about edition upgrades, see the Version and Edition Upgrades topic in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
What would be the appropriate step to take?
Thanks in advance,
Stphane
|||Hi Stephane,
All editions of SQL Server SP2 will be available on Microsoft Update later in March. There are a number of steps we have to take once we've completed a service pack to make it availabe on Microsoft Update. Rather than make you wait until we finish the Microsoft Update work to get the service pack, we release it to the web as soon as we're done and just accept that there is a slight delay before it's seen on MU. I'm not sure about the whether VS SP1 is on Microsoft Update or not.
Regarding the error you are seeing when you try to update the Workstation components, this seems to be a result of having tools from a different edition on your computer. Do you have an edition of SQL Server other than SQL Express on your computer? The tools are a common component, shared by all editions of SQL Server, although the higher level editions have more tools that SQL Express. If you've installed one of the other editions, the larger set of tools from that edition are installed on your computer. Since SQL Express has the smallest set of tools, SQL Express SP2 can not update the tools installed by other editions, you will need to apply the patch for the larger edition to get the tools updated.
If you're not sure if you have tools from another edition, you can check by going to Add/Remove Program, selecting the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 entry and clicking Change. Once the maintenance dialog opens, click the Report button to get a report showing not only the version of each component, but the source edition.
Mike
|||Hi Mike,
Many thanks for replying. I carrefully took attention at your suggestions.
"If you're not sure if you have tools from another edition, you can check by going to Add/Remove Program, selecting the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 entry and clicking Change..."
I did it and got following report:
DEVELOPPEMENT
The following components are installed on this server
SQLEXPRESS
Database Engine
[Version: 9.1.2047.00 Edition: Express Edition Patch level: 9.1.2047 Language: Anglais (états-Unis)]
Reporting Services
[Version: 9.1.2047.00 Edition: Express Edition Patch level: 9.1.2047 Language: Anglais (états-Unis)]
Common components
Workstation Components
[Version: 9.1.2047.00 Edition: Express Edition Patch level: 9.1.2047 Language: Anglais (états-Unis)]
Looking at the results, everything seems to be normal. Only Express Edition, all same level which should be SP1. Am I missing something or maybe somewhere else I should check?
Thanks again,
Stphane
P.S.
From "Add/Remove Programs" I have, all listed, the following SQL Server installed programs:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward compatibility
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Books Online (English) (July 2006)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (ENU)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Books Online (ENU)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Developer Software Development Kit (ENU)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Tools for Visual Studio 2005 (ENU)
- Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express
- Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
- Microsoft SQL Setup Support Files (English)
- Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer
|||Hi everyone,
For follow-up of this discussion, please read following thread:
http://forums.microsoft.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1307730&SiteID=1
Stphane
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