SQL Server 2005 Express

[EDVGradl]

Hi Team from Installaware,

I'd like to know which of the following products are you going to support (all are currently CTP and all are free);

- SQL Server 2005 Express with SP1
- SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services
- SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit
- SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express

For me, it would be enough to include Express with Advanced Services, because it cotains the rest.

Keep up the good work!

[MichaelNesmith]

As soon as they RTM, they'll be supported. Most likely the premium edition will be supported, so the others are contained within and can be toggled on/off.

[netProgrammer]

The previous post indicated that a runtime installer would be available for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with [b]Advanced Services[/b] when it was release by MS -- is this available for InstallAware yet?

If so, where and how do I get it?

If not, what is the estimated timeline?

[MichaelNesmith]

SP1 was supported shortly after release, as promised. I understand the remainder are available from Microsoft as stand-alone MSI files which you may add to your setup and install using the (Un)Install MSI Setup command. Be sure to pre-process them first with the Setup Decompressor, so you gain maximum compression benefits when building your final InstallAware package.

[netProgrammer]

Searching on Microsoft's site I can only find SQLEXPR_ADV.EXE (no MSIs)...

Is there not a plan by InstallAware to offer a runtime for the Advanced Services version? It seems that several people on the forums have expressed a need for this and it would definitly make installing the Advanced Services easier (no rocket science needed).

[MichaelNesmith]

Actually, if you run the EXE, it expands into the main SP1 setup, along with the supporting MSI files as I described above for the other advanced features.