SQL Server... Where do i Start? (1 Viewer)

[Milothicus]

I've downloaded and installed the new SQL server 2005 express edition CTD (June ed.) along with the Express Manager.

How do i get an access database into SQL server?

Now that it's installed, what next? When i try to upsize, it asks me to choose a server, and gives 3 options, and i'm not sure where they come from. Where does this list come from? are they previous installations of the MSDE on my computer? are they servers that ar available over our LAN?

i read that the default name if an instance of SQL server express is SQLEXPRESS but that's not on the list...

do i need to create a new instance of SQL server on my computer to house the database?

I really just want to try it, to see if it's something we should do, but i can't get it to do anything at all. i don't know where to start...

I've done some searches, but nothing tells me where to start. I'm getting really frustrated with this....

Please help me...

 

[Milothicus]

What I really need to know is how to setup SQL Server to store my back-end database locally...

 

[RuralGuy]

Try posting in the SQL Server group of this forum.