How to include SQL Express in Installation Package and change some option?

Hi, there,
I'm working on a windows application project which uses SQL Express as
database.
I found I can include SQL Server 2005 Express Edition in the installation
project as Prerequests,
that's cool.
But I need do more things, I want to change the "Authentication Mode" from
"Windows Authentication mode"
(which is default) to "SQL Server Authentication mode" and assign a "default
password" to user "sa", and
I want to attach a database file which will be include on the installation
disc.
So what shall I do? Write some script in the installation project?
Does SQL Express provide any program interface to do that?
It seems there is no help content for this in the MSDN and I did some search
job and got nothing.
Help needed. Thank you.
Best wishes!
I could write a chapter on this but here it is in a nutshell.
You need to use the Unattended Install tenplate.ini file along with the
LOGName and Datasource.xml.
Here is a fantastic article.
http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/31648
thanks,
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"Philip.Arbin" <philip@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hi, there,
> I'm working on a windows application project which uses SQL Express as
> database.
> I found I can include SQL Server 2005 Express Edition in the installation
> project as Prerequests,
> that's cool.
> But I need do more things, I want to change the "Authentication Mode" from
> "Windows Authentication mode"
> (which is default) to "SQL Server Authentication mode" and assign a
> "default password" to user "sa", and
> I want to attach a database file which will be include on the installation
> disc.
> So what shall I do? Write some script in the installation project?
> Does SQL Express provide any program interface to do that?
> It seems there is no help content for this in the MSDN and I did some
> search job and got nothing.
> Help needed. Thank you.
> Best wishes!
>
|||Hmm.....
Thank you.
I have read it, and there is really something interesting.
But there is another thing I can not do with this article.
I want to open Name Pipe and TCP connection of the SQL EXPRESS during the
setup,
but there is no such setting in the template.ini file.
Any other help?
"Warren Brunk" <wbrunk@.techintsolutions.com> wrote in message
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>I could write a chapter on this but here it is in a nutshell.
> You need to use the Unattended Install tenplate.ini file along with the
> LOGName and Datasource.xml.
> Here is a fantastic article.
> http://www.devx.com/dbzone/Article/31648
>
> thanks,
> --
> /*
> Warren Brunk - MCITP - SQL 2005, MCDBA
> www.techintsolutions.com
> */
>
> "Philip.Arbin" <philip@.newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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>
|||Philip,
All you need to do is edit the package.xml file - you can specify the
command line parameters you want to use for installing SQLExpress. The file
is located in
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\SqlExpress\en
The default setup is
Arguments='-q /norebootchk /qn reboot=ReallySuppress addlocal=all
instancename=SQLEXPRESS SQLAUTOSTART=1'
You might want to change it to something like
Arguments='-q /norebootchk /qn reboot=ReallySuppress addlocal=all
instancename=SQLEXPRESS SQLAUTOSTART=1 SECURITYMODE=SQL SAPWD=yoursapw
DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0'
See the readme file for SQLExpress for the command line options. That will
get SQLExpress installed the way you want it. Use a custom action dll to
install your db, attach it, set up the user accounts you want, etc.
Russ Stevens
|||Ah haaaaaa!
This is right the solution I am looking for!
Powerful!
Thank you very much!
"Russell Stevens" <rustyprogrammer@.online.nospam> wrote in message
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> Philip,
> All you need to do is edit the package.xml file - you can specify the
> command line parameters you want to use for installing SQLExpress. The
> file is located in
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\SqlExpress\en
> The default setup is
> Arguments='-q /norebootchk /qn reboot=ReallySuppress addlocal=all
> instancename=SQLEXPRESS SQLAUTOSTART=1'
> You might want to change it to something like
> Arguments='-q /norebootchk /qn reboot=ReallySuppress addlocal=all
> instancename=SQLEXPRESS SQLAUTOSTART=1 SECURITYMODE=SQL SAPWD=yoursapw
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0'
> See the readme file for SQLExpress for the command line options. That will
> get SQLExpress installed the way you want it. Use a custom action dll to
> install your db, attach it, set up the user accounts you want, etc.
> Russ Stevens
>