What's SQL Server express got over Access?

I have recently found out that there is a free version of SQL
server called SQL Server Express, and I wondered if anybody here
uses the express version.
What has it got that beats Access? What benefit can I get
from using it over Access? Does it have any benefits over MySQL?
Also, does it have a user interface or is it command line
based?
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Mat

matthew stuart wrote:
> I have recently found out that there is a free version
of SQL server called SQL
> Server Express, and I wondered if anybody here uses the
express version. What
> has it got that beats Access? What benefit can I get
from using it over Access?
> Does it have any benefits over MySQL? Also, does it have
a user interface or
> is it command line based? Any help and advice would be
greatly appreciated.
> Thanks. Mat
>
The main difference is that it's a server, unlike Access
which is file
that the webserver connects to. It comes with Management
Studio software
that allows you to connect to the sql server.
If you own your own or rent a Windows webserver then you can
happily
install SQL express, but if you don't, your host will have to
offer it
to you as an add on, just like they have to offer MySQL as
part of your
hosting package.
Access is really a desktop application that can work on a
website, but
its not a "proper" sql server like MS SQL or Oracle or any
other other
big boys out there.
You don't need to know SQL to use it, but if you opt to learn
SQL, even
just the basics, then it will all make sense and will be
beneficial to you.
Steve

Similar Messages

What MS SQL Server Express version should I install?

Hi, I'm planning to use MS SQL Express for my LabVIEW app under Windows 7.
There are 3 versions available on the MS site: 2005, 2008, 2012. My first choice is on the latest, however I wonder if there may be any reason to choose an earlier version.
Also I wonder if the installation could conflict some way with the SQL Server Express 2005 the DSC module uses.
Sorry for my rather dumb questions but I'm not very strong on the relational databases subject.
Thanks a lot for any comment.
Paolo
LV 7.0, 7.1, 8.0.1, 2011

Ranjeet...
I am using SQLServer Express 2012 with TestStand 2012 and having no luck getting TestStand to log to the catalog that I have created based off of the standard NI SQL scheme.
When creating the tables using the build sql file I found that...
I ran ito issues with the 'constraint' SQL commands TestStand was using:
CONSTRAINT STEP_RESULT_FK FOREIGN KEY (UUT_RESULT) REFERENCES (ID))
this must actually be:
CONSTRAINT STEP_RESULT_FK FOREIGN KEY (UUT_RESULT) REFERENCES UUT_RESULT (ID))
Note.... the 'UUT_RESULT' infront of (ID), without this the statement fails.
I had to correct all the constraint commands in order to get the tables built.
Now when I try to use the catalog to log data using TestStand I get...
An error occurred calling 'LogResults' in 'ITSDBLog' of 'zNI TestStand Database Logging'
An error occurred executing a statement.
Schema: SQL Server Stored Proc (NI)
Statement: UUT_RESULT.
Description: Could not find stored procedure 'InsertUUTResult'.
Number: -2147217900
NativeError: 2812
SQLState: 42000
Reported by: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
Source: TSDBLog
The procedure is present so I am confused.
FYI... I am currently using TestStand in eval mode as I am waiting on delivery, could the eval mode be the issue???
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have done this before with TestStand 3.5 and SQL Server 2008 with no problems so I am confused why it not working now.
Pete

Anyone else having issues writting string "memo" fields to Access 2007-2010 or SQL Server Express 2008-2012?

I have a data cluster that I am working to write to either Access 2007 thru 2010 and/or SQL Server Express 2008 thru 2012 all on a Windows 7 64 bit OS. Some of the elements are long strings that I put delimited data for the raw trace data. The fields can be 10's of KB long. With Access I cannot stuff any string >255char into the memo field. With SQL Server Express 2008R2 - 2012 I found that if the strings are >32767 they again fail to fill the memo fields. The Access write or reads work fine otherwise, just not the listed offending fields in the cases mentioned. Anyone else having the issue or a solution?

If the long string field has repetitive data, you might be able to compress it using GZIP to reduce it's size below the 32K limitation you mentioned.
GZIP compress/uncompress of string using .NET
Now is the right time to use %^<%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%3uZ>T
If you don't hate time zones, you're not a real programmer.
"You are what you don't automate"
Inplaceness is synonymous with insidiousness

What is the correct wording to connect to an SQL Server Express 2014 database?

I am connecting to an Access 2007 database:
oleConnection = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:\\...\\Db.accdb");
What is the correct wording to connect to an SQL Server Express 2014 database?
bhs67

Hello,
Please make sure you change RemoteServer with the computer name of the intended SQL Server server.
Make sure the SQL Server instance have enable TCP/IP and Named Pipes protocols. Use the following article to enable them:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191294.aspx
Start SQL Server Browser Service using SQL Server Configuration Manager.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

Import MS Access 2010 (*.accdb) to SQL Server Express 2014

Hi,
I have a SQL Server Express 2014 installed in my laptop and when I trying to import MS Access 2010 (.accdb) database using .net framework ODBC it still looking for a driver. Please help. Thanks!!

Hi,
You can use SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) to migrate Access databases to SQL Server.
Migrating Access Databases to SQL Server/SQL Azure (AccessToSQL)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh313051.aspx
Also, refer to the below thread:
Issues in Importing Access Database into SQL Server 2014 Express
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3a40eda6-b609-4855-96e5-f5765acf5059/issues-in-importing-access-database-into-sql-server-2014-express
Hope it helps
Tracy Cai
TechNet Community Support

Cannot install SQL Server Express - Access is denied messagwe

When trying to run the downloaded SQL Server Express EXE, I get an error message "Access is denied". Can anyone advise me how to proceed?

Are you running from special folder i.e desktop ?
Can you try to de-compress first then launch setup
to de-compress express package run from the commandline
<package.exe> /x:"<decompression path>"
FAQ
Regards,
Ahmed Ibrahim
SQL Server Setup Team
My Blog
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please remember to click
"Mark as Answer" and "Vote as Helpful"
on posts that help you.
This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

How to access Sql Server Express installed on Virtual PC from Host?

I have SQL Server Express 2008 R2 installed on Virtual PC. and on my Host machine i have SQL Server 2008 R2 ( Enterprise Version) installed.
Since Management studio that comes with SQL express does not support SQL profiler, i want to access SQL Server Express from the Host machine’s management studio which has SQL profiler.
But I could access it using VM’s ip address & instance name

Hi lax,
Follow below steps in your Virtual Machine:
1. Allow remote connections to this server
The first thing you want to check is if Remote Connections are enabled on your SQL Server database. In SQL Server 2008 you do this by opening SQL Server 2008 Management Studio, connect to the server in question, right click the server and open the Server Properties.
Navigate to Connections and ensure that Allow remote connections to this server is checked.
2. Protocols for MSSQLServer
The next good thing to check is the SQL Server Network Configuration. Open the SQL Server Configuration Manager, unfold the node SQL Server Network Configuration and select Protocols for MSSQLServer (or whatever the name of your SQL Server instance is). Make
sure that TCP/IP is enabled.
3. The Firewall
If there is still no communication happening between your computer and the remote SQL Server you most likely need to configure your firewall settings.
A good first step is to figure out which port is being used by TCP/IP (and which you need to open in your firewall). You can do this by right clicking TCP/IP and selecting Properties. Click on the tab IP Addresses .
That was easy enough and all there is left to do is to allow inbound TCP/IP traffic on Port 1433 in your firewall. In Windows 7 this works something like this. Open the Control Panel and navigate to Windows Firewall. Click on Advanced Settings on the left hand
side and you should see the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. Select the Inboud Rules on the left hand side and click on New Rule on the right hand side. This opens the New Inbound Rule Wizard which you can use to allow inbound traffic on Port 1433
for TCP/IP.
For more information, please refer to
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/walzenbach/archive/2010/04/14/how-to-enable-remote-connections-in-sql-server-2008.aspx.
In host machine:
After you have done steps above, you could use the SQL Server Management Studio in the host machine to connect the SQL Server Express R2 in Virtual PC. If you installed a default instance in Virtual PC, you could use VirtualComputerName to login the SQL
Server database engine. If you installed a named instance in Virtual PC, you could use VirtualComputerName\InstanceName to login the SQL Server database engine.
Thanks,
Maggie
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

I can't see sql server express 2012 from ssms 2008 R2 -- what do I need to download?

I'm running sql server 2008 R2 Developer on a win7 (pro) workstation. I would like to keep this installation because it has SSRS and Analysis Server. But I was not able to attach a sql 2012 DB so I downloaded Sql Server Express 2012 (per the
picture below - 1st option selected) and installed it. Sql Server Express 2012 appears to be running -- per my services list, but I cannot see the instance in ssms 2008 R2. Do I need to uninstall Sql Server Express 2012 and then download another
option (from the picture below)? How should I proceed so that I can have a working/workable instance of Sql Server Express 2012 that I can see in ssms (whatever required version) and also keep sql server 2008 R2? which download should I select (from
the picture below?
Rich P

Should I uninstall Sql server 2012 first?
Rich P
No you do not need to uninstall any thing
>> Sql Server Express 2012 appears to be running -- per my services list, but I cannot see the instance in ssms 2008 R2.
You need to just download SQL Server 2012 express management studio and use that to connect to SQL Server 2012. And use SSMS 2008 r2 to connect to SQL Server 2008 r2.
This File :ENU\x64\SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe
Although I guess SSMS 2012 express with SP2 would work just fine and you would connect to 2008 R2 database using that.
Please mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it
My Technet Wiki Article
MVP

HELP - SQL Server Express Install Problems

The SQL Server Express completed without error. However, when I tried to connect to the SQLEXPRESS instance I received one of those wonderful MS errors, "Specified file not found". WHAT FILE? (After all these years MS still can't figure out how
to give an error msg. that provides some hint of what's wrong.) Going on, I started the install console and selected the REPAIR option. (It didn't ask what the problem was, it just ran.) It did ask what instance needed repair. I told
it SQLSERVER. It proceeded to repairing it. My first hint that their repair function worked as well as their error handling was when I got the: That share name has already been used (or something like that) error (notice, MS didn't tell me what
share name, or what aspect of the db they were talking about). After pressing OK, the REPAIR function proceeded to run to completion. When I reviewed the REPAIR report I found that three db processes all had the same SHARE NAME ALREADY USED error.
Actually, I thought that it was no big deal. If this was a real REPAIR, it shouldn't matter that the name was already used because everything else should be the same. (I know I'm nigh eve about the
Intricacies of SQL server.) After repairing my installation, I brought up the SQL Server Management Console again. This time, it did not display SQLEXPRESS in the Connect field. I selected the drop down list arrow to see if it was
listed and the list was blank so I entered SQLEXPRESS in the connect field and clicked on the CONNECT button. I got a NETWORK PATH NOT FOUND error. So, before I really mess things up, I thought I should ask if anyone knows what I should do
next. (As an aside, I've pressed the MS Error Message HELP button numerous times abut various errors I've received over the years. Not only are MS error messages useless, their Help Page has never ONCE been able to provide any information
about the encountered error. MS should spend some time and develop some truly helpful error messages as "File not found" and unknown error code 837289 are absolutely useless and especially since their HELP PAGE is never able to provide any
information either. I do wonder how I can get Unknown Error codes from people who wrote the code that raises the error. Don't they document anything?)

I did read the requirements and made sure I met them all. The install package I used was: SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe. You're correct. I'm not familiar with SQL Server.
I downloaded SQL Server Express and Visual Studio Express to learn and explore because I wanted to learn about the new technology.
After leaving my message, I did some more studying and playing with the system. I managed to figure out that I had to turn on the data base service before I could connect with it. I'm sorry, I don't understand how Microsoft could install a data
base system without turning on its services. Why would I want to install something and NOT use it? The default should be ON and the setup manager should provide a choice to set it to OFF on the configuration page.
My experience is rather dated. I had to retire due to a disability in 2005. I couldn't control my arms and hands. The doctor recently tried a medication again that I had had a severe negative reaction to. He first administered steroids
and started me on a small dose and titrated it up as I was able to handle it. Now I have some days where I have pretty good control — I can print a little but can't write well and other days where I can't print, write, or feed myself.
I have performed many functions. I have been an analyst, a programmer, a data base designer, and a college professor at three different colleges. I've done extensive work in process automation and have even automated the management functions
for a data base system that was used to schedule every aspect of all the aircraft, ranges, and weapons development processes on Eglin AFB. I also wrote major pieces of the code used by the system and trouble shot and corrected functions written by other
programmers. The system supported over 300 users a day on two bases. Unfortunately it was developed in Fortran on a VAX and with VB6 and MS Access using VBA, Queries, Tables and Forms on networked PCs.
I plan to do a lot of reading. I'll also be looking at the Microsoft sites for a sample DB and lessons to go with it. I am a little frustrated with how information is organized on the web. The other night I needed to find some information
about something from Microsoft. It took me almost two hours to ask my question in such a way that MS was able to provide what I wanted. I kept asking essentially the same thing, but I had to use the exact phrase MS used on the page. I know
MS is big and they support multiple generations of each product. They have an almost impossible task. I just have to find the various product entry pages.
Thanks for offering your help.

VFPOLEDB and MS SQL Server Express 2014

I can install VFPOLEDBSetup.msi on machine with Windows 7 - 64bit and MS SQL Server Express 2012, but I cannot install VFPOLEDB on machine with Windows 7 - 64bit and MS SQL Server Express 2014. Is there a problem with MSSQL 2014?

I don't think this is related to what Man-wai Chang points to, because the dropping of OLEDB just means continued development of data access drivers for SQL Server are ODBC only now, not that the OLEDB branch of any database is broken intentional.
That said, it's quite cumbersome to find out what your detail problem is. Do you expect installation of Win7, MSSQL2014 and VFPOLEDB to eventually reproduce and see your problem? You could bet on your luck someone else had the same combination, but there
are not a lot of VFP developers left over and they may already be using Win8 or 8.1
Is there any error in setup? Are you just looking at the wrong place (eg OLEDB providers are not lilsted in ODBCAdmin)? VFP OLEDB is and always will be a 32bit driver and can only be seen and used from 32bit processes.
Bye, Olaf.
PS: You can use 32bit drivers from a 64bit MSSQL Server as it manages pools of 32bit and 64bit processes. For example see how to do via linked server http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VisualFoxProDataFromSQLServer. The detail is in allowing inprocess
usage of the driver.
Also see this:
Create a new SQL Server Integration Services(SSIS) package.
Add a Data Flow Task(DFT) to the package.
Select the DFT, and go to Data Flow designer page.
Add a OLE DB Source to the package.
Double-click the OLE DB Source, click “New” > “New” to create a connection to Visual FoxPro.
In the Connection Manager, please select “Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Visual FoxPro”
Type the file path of a Visual FoxPro database(e.g. C:Address.dbc).
Test the connection by clicking button “Test Connection”
Click “OK” > “OK” to apply.
Now, we can select a table from the Visual FoxPro database in the OLE DB Source editor.
(quoted from http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/datamgmt/datadesign/think-carefully-which-sql-server-you-wan/)
Olaf Doschke - TMN Systemberatung GmbH
http://www.tmn-systemberatung.de

Having issues with getting SQL Server Express to start services and run.

Good afternoon everyone,
I have been working on a 2012 R2 server getting ready to move databases to new hardware. I had SQL Server Express 2008 R2 running on this server with no issues. I was handed another software package that ran SQL Express 2012 and had to for compatibility
reasons. I have had multiple versions run on Server 2012 before with no issues. This time, not so lucky. When the installer from the updated package put on SQL Express 2012 it completed with errors ( error log posted at the end of post) and
would not allow me to run software. I then tried the db that I had installed on 2008 R2 and it also gave the same error as the 2012 version. IN basic terms the required services attempted to start and shut back down again. I have received
Error 1068 about database handles and error %%945. I know this db has plenty of space and the permissions were added for the Admin account to access both db's. I then uninstalled both versions and tried again, with the same errors listed when
I tried to start the services. I am thinking that a clean install would fix the issue however I am not certain what files/folders/reg entries need to be deleted or modified. I have researched all the errors I can find, however I am very
new with SQL anything so I know I am missing something. I also do not have an "E:" drive on this server (not sure why it is going there). Input would be very welcome as I am not certain where to go from here.
Thanks,
Matt
Error Log follows, server and domain names have been blacked out with ****.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.16 Server Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) - 11.0.3128.0 (X64)
Dec 28 2012 20:23:12
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
Express Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.2 <X64> (Build 9200: ) (Hypervisor)
2015-04-15 11:57:55.16 Server (c) Microsoft Corporation.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.16 Server All rights reserved.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.16 Server Server process ID is 4104.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.16 Server System Manufacturer: 'HP', System Model: 'ProLiant ML350p Gen8'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.16 Server Authentication mode is WINDOWS-ONLY.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.16 Server Logging SQL Server messages in file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.17 Server The service account is 'NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE'. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.17 Server Registry startup parameters:
-d C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf
-e C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG
-l C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf
2015-04-15 11:57:55.17 Server Command Line Startup Parameters:
-s "SQLEXPRESS"
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server SQL Server detected 1 sockets with 6 cores per socket and 12 logical processors per socket, 12 total logical processors; using 8 logical processors based on SQL Server licensing. This is an informational message;
no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server SQL Server is starting at normal priority base (=7). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server Detected 8157 MB of RAM. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.48 Server Using conventional memory in the memory manager.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.68 Server This instance of SQL Server last reported using a process ID of 7840 at 4/15/2015 11:57:47 AM (local) 4/15/2015 3:57:47 PM (UTC). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.68 Server Node configuration: node 0: CPU mask: 0x00000000000000ff:0 Active CPU mask: 0x00000000000000ff:0. This message provides a description of the NUMA configuration for this computer. This is an informational message
only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.69 Server Using dynamic lock allocation. Initial allocation of 2500 Lock blocks and 5000 Lock Owner blocks per node. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.72 Server Software Usage Metrics is disabled.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.73 spid5s Starting up database 'master'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.79 spid5s 20 transactions rolled forward in database 'master' (1:0). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.79 spid5s 0 transactions rolled back in database 'master' (1:0). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.80 Server CLR version v4.0.30319 loaded.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.86 spid5s Service Master Key could not be decrypted using one of its encryptions. See sys.key_encryptions for details.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.89 Server Common language runtime (CLR) functionality initialized using CLR version v4.0.30319 from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.91 spid5s SQL Server Audit is starting the audits. This is an informational message. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.91 spid5s SQL Server Audit has started the audits. This is an informational message. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.94 spid5s SQL Trace ID 1 was started by login "sa".
2015-04-15 11:57:55.94 spid5s Server name is '********\SQLEXPRESS'. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Failed to verify Authenticode signature on DLL 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Binn\ftimport.dll'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Starting up database 'msdb'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid9s Starting up database 'mssqlsystemresource'.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s FCB::Open failed: Could not open file e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBData.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Unable to open the physical file "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBData.mdf". Operating system error 3: "3(The system cannot find the path specified.)".
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s FileMgr::StartLogFiles: Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) occurred while creating or opening file 'e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBLog.ldf'.
Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.96 spid5s File activation failure. The physical file name "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\MSDBLog.ldf" may be incorrect.
2015-04-15 11:57:55.99 spid9s The resource database build version is 11.00.3000. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.02 spid12s A self-generated certificate was successfully loaded for encryption.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv6> 53345].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv4> 53345].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server local connection provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\SQLLocal\SQLEXPRESS ].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.03 spid12s Server named pipe provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS\sql\query ].
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 spid12s Dedicated administrator connection support was not started because it is disabled on this edition of SQL Server. If you want to use a dedicated administrator connection, restart SQL Server using the trace flag 7806.
This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 Server SQL Server is attempting to register a Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Kerberos authentication will not be possible until a SPN is registered for the SQL Server service. This is an informational
message. No user action is required.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 Server The SQL Server Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/********.****.local:SQLEXPRESS ] for the SQL Server service. Windows return code: 0xffffffff, state: 53.
Failure to register a SPN might cause integrated authentication to use NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies and if the SPN has not been
manually registered.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.04 Server The SQL Server Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/********.****.local:53345 ] for the SQL Server service. Windows return code: 0xffffffff, state: 53. Failure
to register a SPN might cause integrated authentication to use NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies and if the SPN has not been manually
registered.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.09 spid9s Starting up database 'model'.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s FCB::Open failed: Could not open file e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\model.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Unable to open the physical file "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\model.mdf". Operating system error 3: "3(The system cannot find the path specified.)".
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s FileMgr::StartLogFiles: Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.) occurred while creating or opening file 'e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\modellog.ldf'.
Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s File activation failure. The physical file name "e:\sql11_main_t.obj.x86release\sql\mkmastr\databases\objfre\i386\modellog.ldf" may be incorrect.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Error: 945, Severity: 14, State: 2.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s Database 'model' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
2015-04-15 11:57:56.10 spid9s SQL Trace was stopped due to server shutdown. Trace ID = '1'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.

Hi HMLunger,
Did you install the SQL Server instance successfully? If not, please help to post the summary and detail logs for analysis. By default, the logs can be found in: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log.
However, if you fail to start SQL Server Express service after successfully installing SQL Server,
you might have to change the paths of the files by running the following scripts from the command prompt. For more details, please review this similar
thread.
NET START MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS /f /T3608
SQLCMD -S .\SQLEXPRESS
ALTER DATABASE model MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
ALTER DATABASE model MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
go
exit;
ALTER DATABASE msdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
ALTER DATABASE msdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path\os_file_name');
NET STOP MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
In addition, you can follow the steps in this KB article to uninstall SQL Server.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang
Lydia Zhang
TechNet Community Support

Transactional replication from a failover cluster instance to a SQL Server Express DB

Hello,
I have been poking around on Google trying to understand if there are any gotchas in configuring transactional replication on a instance DB of a failover cluster, to a SQL Server Express DB. Also, this client would like to replicate a set of tables between
two instances DB's which both reside on nodes of the cluster.
Everything I've read suggests there is no problem using transactional replication on clustered instance as long as you use a shared snapshot folder. I still have some concerns:
1) Should the distributor need to live on a separate instance?
2) What happens in the event of an automatic, or manual failover of a publisher, especially if the distributor does not need to live on a separate instance? I know that when a failover occurs, all jobs in progress are stopped and this seems like a recipe for
inconsistency between the publisher and subscriber.
There is a paramount concern, that this particular client won't have staff on hand to troubleshoot replication if there are problems, hence my hesitancy to implement a solution that relies on it.
Thanks in advance.

1) Should the distributor need to live on a separate instance?
Answer: It is recommended to configure the distributor on the different server, but it also be configured on Publisher/subscriber server. (Subscriber in our case is not possible as its a Express edition)
2) What happens in the event of an automatic, or manual failover of a publisher, especially if the distributor does not need to live on a separate instance? I know that when a failover occurs, all jobs in progress are stopped and this seems like a recipe for
inconsistency between the publisher and subscriber. There is a paramount concern, that this particular client won't have staff on hand to troubleshoot replication if there are problems, hence my hesitancy to implement a solution that relies on it.
Answer: If you configure both publisher and distributor on the same server and the SQL instance is failed over, the data synchronization/replication is suspended till the instance comes online.
Once the instance is up,all the replication jobs will start again and it will continue to synchronize the data to subscriber. No manual intervention is required.

SQL Server Express 2008 Installation error. PLEASE HELP.

Hey guys anyone know what I should do to install SQL Server Express 2008?
Im running Vista Home Premium SP1 32bit
These are folders i got on framework folder:
    *      v3.5
    *      v3.0
    *      v2.0.50727
    *      v1.1.4322
    *      v1.0.3705
Installing SQL Server 2008 Express (run time only)
And this is the error I get during the process
"Attributes do not match. Present Attributes (Directory, Compressed), included attributes (0), excluded attributes (Archive, Compressed, Encrypted)."
I have downloaded and installed all Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Express Ed (C++, C#, VB, WebDev) and all worked well
I get this error during the "Feature Selection" setup process.
I also noticed when I tried to use Windows Update, I saw Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (KB968369) suddenly available (I have updated windows and installed all important updates before installing Microsoft Visual Studio and SQL). Then I used Windows Update to install SQL Server 2008 SP1 and I still got this error:
Error
Code 84B40000 Unknown error....
I also get this downloading error on SQL Server while installing all 4 Visual Studio Express Editions (C#, C++, VB, WebDev).
"The following cannot be downloaded:"
I've already tried the troubleshooting guide about BITS but the tool fix seems to only supports Windows XP Operating Systems.
Please please please Help Me (^_^).. thanks to all.
P.S.
I think this might have some connections to why I get errors on a simple 'Hello World' Website.
I was just trying to simply make a 'Hello World' Website .. Just THAT on my website.
A simple Website for me to start. Just showing those text on the website. But when I tried to run (debug) the program. This error shows...
'Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:5903.'
I have Build the Web Site and there was no error. Since it was just simply 'Hello World' text.
Im sure there's some problem but I'm completely stuck here. I dunno if its connected to the problem above.
Please help me solve this problem. Thank you so much.
I appreciate everyone's help.

In my case I had to uncheck "Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed in addition to file properties"
Right click on C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
Click Advanced on General Tab
Uncheck "Allow files in this folder to have contents indexed in addition to file properties"

SQL Server Express and Visual Studio 2013

In February I installed Visual Studio 2013 Professional. Looking in the Control Panel at all my installed programs, I see that I have a bunch of SQL server-related programs loaded, from the 2013 install and also from installs of previous Visual Studio versions.
I've never done a thing with SQL server express, and am completely clueless about using it. I've already wanted to take a crack at it but it always seemed too daunting, so I backed off. It seems, however, that over the years the integration of SQL Server Express
with Visual Studio is getting more and more seamless. Here is a list of all the SQL Server-related programs on my computer, with the ones installed automatically from the Visual Studio 2013 install bolded so they'll stand out. What I'm wondering is if I have
everything I need to use SQL Server Express with Visual Studio 2013:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft Corporation   11/4/2013
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile [ENU] De...
Microsoft Corporation   4/29/2007
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Data-Tier App...
Microsoft Corporation   1217/2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Data-Tier App...
Microsoft Corporation   1217/2011
Microsoft SQL Se1Ver 2008 R2 Management ...
Microsoft Corporation   1217/2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Transact-SQL ...
Microsoft Corporation   12/7/2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Command Line ...
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier App Fr...
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Management Ob...
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL Co...
Microsoft Corporation   9/21/2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL Ser...
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Language ...
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Design T...
Microsoft Corporation   2/14/2008
Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 ENU
Microsoft Corporation   5/25/2010
Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0SP1 ENU
Microsoft Corporation   9/21/2012
Microsoft SQL Se1Ver Data Tools - enu (11.1....
Microsoft Corporation   5/19/2013
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - enu (12.0....
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft
SQL Server Data Tools Build   Utiliti ...
Microsoft Corporation   5/19/2013
Microsoft
SQL Server Data Tools Build   Utiliti ...
Microsoft Corporation 2/10/2014
Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing ...
Microsoft Corporation   2/14/2008
Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing ...
Microsoft Corporation   5/25/2010
Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
Microsoft Corporation   4/1/2011
Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (E...
Microsoft Corporation   4/1/2011
Microsoft SQL Se1Ver System CLR Types
Microsoft Corporation   1217/2011
Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer
Microsoft Corporation   4/1/2011

Hello,
Please read the following resources:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms233763.aspx
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20333518/how-to-create-a-database-in-ms-visual-studio-2013
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb643825.aspx
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

SQL Server Express 2008 instance fails to start

I've installed SQL Server Express with a named instance 'SQLSERVER2'. I was able to connect to it and reference it in the management studio. There was a problem though with Visual Studio 9 when running an ASP.NET web application that required connecting to the same instance. So, I went into the configuration manager to change the security level of the instance from network to local service. The change went through but could not restart the instance. That is what has created my next round of problems. I can't go in and change it back to network because the instance is permanently stopped. I cannot start it with the services manager. How can I fix this?
Here is the connection log:
2009-12-21 11:36:32.20 Server      Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (RTM) - 10.0.1600.22 (Intel X86)
Jul 9 2008 14:43:34
Copyright (c) 1988-2008 Microsoft Corporation
Express Edition with Advanced Services on Windows NT 5.1 <X86> (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
2009-12-21 11:36:32.50 Server      (c) 2005 Microsoft Corporation.
2009-12-21 11:36:32.51 Server      All rights reserved.
2009-12-21 11:36:32.51 Server      Server process ID is 21856.
2009-12-21 11:36:32.51 Server      Authentication mode is MIXED.
2009-12-21 11:36:32.53 Server      Logging SQL Server messages in file 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS2\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG'.
2009-12-21 11:36:32.89 Server      This instance of SQL Server last reported using a process ID of 3216 at 12/18/2009 6:06:56 PM (local) 12/19/2009 2:06:56 AM (UTC). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2009-12-21 11:36:32.89 Server      Registry startup parameters:
-d c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS2\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf
-e c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS2\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG
-l c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS2\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf
2009-12-21 11:36:33.26 Server      SQL Server is starting at normal priority base (=7). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2009-12-21 11:36:33.29 Server      Detected 2 CPUs. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2009-12-21 11:36:35.15 Server      Using dynamic lock allocation. Initial allocation of 2500 Lock blocks and 5000 Lock Owner blocks per node. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2009-12-21 11:36:36.64 Server      Node configuration: node 0: CPU mask: 0x00000003 Active CPU mask: 0x00000003. This message provides a description of the NUMA configuration for this computer. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2009-12-21 11:36:37.42 spid6s      Starting up database 'master'.
2009-12-21 11:36:38.98 spid6s      FILESTREAM: effective level = 0, configured level = 0, file system access share name = 'SQLEXPRESS2'.
2009-12-21 11:36:39.40 spid6s      SQL Trace ID 1 was started by login "sa".
2009-12-21 11:36:39.50 spid6s      Starting up database 'mssqlsystemresource'.
2009-12-21 11:36:39.59 spid6s      The resource database build version is 10.00.1600. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.14 spid10s     Starting up database 'model'.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.17 spid6s      Server name is 'USER-F19E13BA9B\SQLEXPRESS2'. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.56 spid6s      Informational: No full-text supported languages found.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.57 spid6s      Starting up database 'msdb'.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.60 Server      Error: 17190, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.60 Server      FallBack certificate initialization failed with error code: 1.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.70 Server      Unable to initialize SSL encryption because a valid certificate could not be found, and it is not possible to create a self-signed certificate.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      Error: 17182, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0x80092004, status code 0x80. Reason: Unable to initialize SSL support. Cannot find object or property.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      Error: 17182, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0x80092004, status code 0x1. Reason: Initialization failed with an infrastructure error. Check for previous errors. Cannot find object or property.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      Error: 17826, Severity: 18, State: 3.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      Could not start the network library because of an internal error in the network library. To determine the cause, review the errors immediately preceding this one in the error log.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      Error: 17120, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2009-12-21 11:36:40.71 Server      SQL Server could not spawn FRunCM thread. Check the SQL Server error log and the Windows event logs for information about possible related problems.

Hi,
This problem can occur if the new Service Account does not have a profile on the machine. To resolve the issue connect to the SQL Server machine using the New Service account. This will create a profile for the user.
SQL Server creates a self-generated certificate if a certificate is not explicitly specified and/or is not installed. This information is saved in the profile for the SQL Server service account. If the profile has not been created then SQL cannot register the self-generated certificate.
If there are any more questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
***Xiao Min Tan***Microsoft Online Community***
What 'New Service account' are you referring to? SQL Server Express resides on my PC where I'm logged on as administrator. I don't know what you mean by connecting to the server. I only know about connecting to the database instance which is the root of the this problem because it can't be started. Sorry for my confusion...

What's SQL Server express got over Access?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for