Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 03/31/07 21:42

raylopez99 (raylopez99@yahoo.com) writes:
> Well, turns out I don't have "Management Studio" on my system (yet
> strangely I was able to create a simple SQL database and run some
> commands). If you don't have "Management Studio" you don't have
> "Object Explorer", even though it's possible to have SQL Server 2005
> Express (a 36.5 MB file) and not the SQL Server Management Studio
> Express (a 46.1 MB file) installed on your PC, as I have. Details
> here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=65110

I would definitely recommend that you download and install SQL Server
Management Studio Express. In the long run it will be difficult to be
without it. Particularly if you ask questions in newsgroups, because most
people answering questions will assume that you have Management Studio in
some form. :-)

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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