MSDE newbie question: contents of default databases

Having installed MSDE and connected to it, it seems there are several
default databases already:
master
model
msdb
tempdb
Are these intended to be for any specific use?
How do I get a list of the tables that are in these databases?
Simon Elliott http://www.ctsn.co.uk
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> Having installed MSDE and connected to it, it seems there are several
> default databases already:
> master
> model
> msdb
> tempdb
> Are these intended to be for any specific use?
> How do I get a list of the tables that are in these databases?
in order to limit distribution size, MSDE only ships with system database
you do not have to touch =;-D
these databases are relatated to MSDE itself and are not user database...
if you like some sample database, you can install the Northwind and Pubs
demo databases from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
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(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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