MSDE install problem

I've been using Jet databases for my websites for quite some time. I was
going to try MSDE a year or so ago but there were some limitations to it
back then that prevented me from using it.
After subscribing to the newsgroup yesterday and reading some of the posts I
saw the limitations had been removed in the recent release. So I decised to
download and install it.
I am now trying to install, but I get this error each time...
"The instance name specified is invalid"
I havent specified any instance name, so I don't know what to do.
I'm using WinXP-Pro.
Any ideas what the problem is ?
Thanks,
PW
On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 06:41:11 +0800, "PW" <pwa@.NObigSPAMpond.net.au>
wrote:

>I've been using Jet databases for my websites for quite some time. I was
>going to try MSDE a year or so ago but there were some limitations to it
>back then that prevented me from using it.
>After subscribing to the newsgroup yesterday and reading some of the posts I
>saw the limitations had been removed in the recent release. So I decised to
>download and install it.
>I am now trying to install, but I get this error each time...
>"The instance name specified is invalid"
>I havent specified any instance name, so I don't know what to do.
>I'm using WinXP-Pro.
>Any ideas what the problem is ?
Do you already have SQL server installed? If you don't specify an
instance name, it uses the default which is the same as SQLServer.
Also, check your registry key,'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL
Server', value 'InstalledInstances'.

MSDE EULA licensing

Can I use MSDE 2000 (Release A) for websites public on Internet ?
In EULA I found: "for your internal use" .. then NO ?
[EULA (license.txt)]
1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you for your internal
use a nonexclusive, limited, royalty free license to install and use the
Software.
Thanks.
Maurizio
hi Maurizio,
Maurizio Sanguinetti wrote:
> Can I use MSDE 2000 (Release A) for websites public on Internet ?
> In EULA I found: "for your internal use" .. then NO ?
> [EULA (license.txt)]
> 1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you for your
> internal use a nonexclusive, limited, royalty free license to install
> and use the Software.
AFAIK, MSDE Rel A is free to install and use, for internal as long as for
web scenarios usage..
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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