[dba-SQLServer] Completely Uninstall SQL Server

The express version does not supply a bunch of stuff including data import / export and backup stuff 
(IIRC).

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 1/17/2012 9:48 AM, Dan Waters wrote:
> There is a separate download for SQL Express with the express version of
> SSMS.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=25174
>
>
> Dan
>
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> Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Completely Uninstall SQL Server
>
> Well this does bring up the issue of installing the SSMS which does not come
> with the express version.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 1/17/2012 9:29 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
>> Hi Arthur
>>
>> After two days and perusing dozens and dozens of pages - many expressing
> the same woe - I ended up reinstalling ... with Windows 8 Preview. And
> promised myself never to install locally anything else than SQL Server
> Express; all regular SQL Server installs will go to server machines.
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>> PS: Sorry to bother, but professor Bohr was named Niels.
>> An institute of the University of Copenhagen proudly carries his name:
>> http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/about/
>>
>>
>>>>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 17-01-2012 14:48>>>
>> How can I completely uninstall SQL Server, removing all traces of it,
>> including anything that might lurk in the registry? I have more than
>> one version installed currently (2008 R2, 2012 RC0, and a 2005 that
>> some other product installed. I want to nuke them all and start over.
>> I've tried uninstalling them one by one, but that doesn't seem to
>> result in a complete nuke. Any suggestions, short of reformatting the
>> disks? (Actually, on payday I intend to buy a TB hard disk, copy
>> everything there, and reformat all the existing disks, and start over
>> from scratch.)
>>
>
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