Deploying a Database

Hi,
I am creating an application that will use msde, and I would like to know
how to create a sql server in the server application in a straight forward
way to the final user?
any tutorials are appreciated
Thanks in advance
hi Diogo,
Diogo Alves - Software Developer wrote:
> Hi,
> I am creating an application that will use msde, and I would like to
> know how to create a sql server in the server application in a
> straight forward way to the final user?
>
as regard the engine distribution, you can perhaps have a look at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en ,
a toolkit by Microsoft I'm not confortable with, as I usually use a
companion home built application that provides a visual interface to the
standard MSDE setup.exe boostrap installer, where all desired parameters can
be visually edited by the end user, then "shelling" to the actual installer
providing all parameters...
as regard database deployment, you can have a look at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...aseinstaller/, the
best article I know about that stuff, supporting versioning, updates and the
like..
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.15.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.60.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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