Posted by David Browne on 11/21/06 15:37

"Rico" <me@you.com> wrote in message
news:MSE8h.349364$R63.85587@pd7urf1no...
> Hello,
>
> I have an application that uses SQL Server express. I'd like to be able
> to package the SQL Server Express set up file and deploy it with my
> application but all the searching I've done only tells me how to deploy
> SQL Server Express manually (i.e. how to set it up yourself). I can
> script my set up to see if an instance of SQL Server Express already
> exists but if it doesn't, I'd like to know the best way to deploy this on
> the target machine automatically.
>
> Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.
>

See:

Embedding SQL Server Express in Applications
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165660.aspx

Embedding SQL Server Express into Custom Applications
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsse/html/emsqlexcustapp.asp

David

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