Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 10/03/07 22:02

HandersonVA (handersonva@hotmail.com) writes:
> I just tried to install ms sql 2005 developer edition on my home
> computer which has win XP professional, but it says I can only install
> the client version to connect the database server. It does not allow
> me to install whole database server.

Then I would guess you need to look twice on the CD/DVD. It sounds as
if you have a copy of Enterprise Edition.



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

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