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Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7

From	Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver
Subject	Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7
Date	2012-04-20 09:17 +0200
Organization	Erland Sommarskog
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Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:46:03 +0200, Erland Sommarskog
><esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote:
>>A plain installation of SQL 2008 Express does not include SSMS. You 
>>need SQL 2008 Express with Advanced Services, as I recall.
> 
>      Oh, is that what the difference is?  (Well, I assume that is but
> one of them.)

SQL Express only is the engine and the command-line tools. Advanced Services 
gives you quite a few more things. SSMS Express may also be a separate 
download. I don't know these details on the top of my head.
 
>      I thought I had installed a plain installation in the past and
> gotten SSMS.  

Apparently you didn't.

> Maybe, an SP did SSMS installation for me.

If you installed the service pack for a download that includes SSMS, yes. 



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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-18 14:54 -0700
  Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Big Steel <YouCanRun@ButYouCannotHide.com> - 2012-04-18 21:10 -0400
    Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-18 18:20 -0700
      Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2012-04-18 22:06 -0500
  Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-19 22:46 +0200
    Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-19 20:18 -0700
      Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-20 09:17 +0200
    Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-19 22:29 -0700
      Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-20 09:22 +0200
        Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-04-20 08:18 -0700
          Re: Problem Reinstalling SQL Server Express 2008 under Windows 7 Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2012-04-21 00:20 +0200

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