jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Jan 17 11:06:50 CST 2012
LOL, well... life is never simple. I tried to install SQL Server 2008 on my laptop, just the SSMS. The install complained that there was a previous version of Visual Studio that was not up to SP1. It seems the installer tries to install VS2008 AFAICT. I do have VS 2010 install which is at the latest SP. So the SSMS install won't let me do the install because of an internal (and apparently bogus) error in the install package. Ya gotta love it. John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 1/17/2012 11:36 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi John > > OK, then I see no issues for your case. > > /gustav > > >>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 17-01-2012 17:12>>> > AFAIK SSMS is entirely compatible with all versions of the database engine. I don't really deal > with old versions much though. What you can do will be limited by the engine that SSMS is > controlling of course. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > On 1/17/2012 10:50 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: >> Hi John >> >> Yes, but as I recall, you can install the SSMS only (without the SQL engine) from both 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2 as well as the upcoming version (not tested). The issue here is, that some of the versions of SSMS cannot coexist while the never versions not always are backward compatible. I think it was you mentioning that a while ago. >> Can someone confirm, please? >> >> /gustav >> >> >>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 17-01-2012 15:33>>> >> Well this does bring up the issue of installing the SSMS which does not come with the express version. >> >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >