MS SQL Server New Users - (Leo) seeking SQL server on my machine

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(Leo) seeking SQL server on my machine

Leo

2005-10-27, 7:55 am

Hi,
I am a complete beginner to SQL server. I 've downloaded Visual Studio (VB
2005) on my machine along with SQL database option, which now I can create
database inside VB.NET. I like to work and learn the SQL server RDBM itself.
What I can see on my Start>Programs menu are only SQL configuration options,
but I can not see any GUI (Like MS Acees which I know) to work with. on the
other side, I also check my control- panel which indicates that "MS SQL
server 2005 Express Edition CTP" already installed. For your info my .net
framwork version is 2.0.50215.
please help direct me to work with this program separately?! Does the SQL
server have any GUI at all??!
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Thans & Best regards
Leo, InfoSeeker

Andrea Montanari

2005-10-27, 7:55 am

hi Leo,
Leo wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a complete beginner to SQL server. I 've downloaded Visual
> Studio (VB 2005) on my machine along with SQL database option, which
> now I can create database inside VB.NET. I like to work and learn the
> SQL server RDBM itself. What I can see on my Start>Programs menu are
> only SQL configuration options, but I can not see any GUI (Like MS
> Acees which I know) to work with. on the other side, I also check my
> control- panel which indicates that "MS SQL server 2005 Express
> Edition CTP" already installed. For your info my .net framwork
> version is 2.0.50215.
> please help direct me to work with this program separately?! Does the
> SQL server have any GUI at all??!

yes, named SQL Server Management Studio (as long as other tools for BI,
etc.), not available for SQLExpress, which will be provided (half 2006??) of
a "cut down" version of it..
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Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm http://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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