August 2008 Entries
Since SQL 2005 was first released I have always opened it from the run command in the start menu by typing "sqlwb" after hitting the Windows+R shortcut (Run... command). Why? Because no matter where I am it's the quickest way to open SSMS without using the mouse. Most of the time, because the run window uses autocomplete I only have to type "sq".So after I installed SQL Server 2008 RTM yesterday (I haven't had any time to mess with the Beta and RC releases because I've been focused on learning ASP.NET MVC, WCF, ExtJs and developing my ExtJs control library...
I have been trying since yesterday to install the RTM of SQL 2008. But once I have selected the components to install I get a failure during the check of installation rules. The rule failing is "Previous releases of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008". I have downloaded and installed Visual Studio 2008 SP 1. In fact I've run the install several times.Then I found this post describing why this error is happening. It turns out I had installed and uninstalled an RC version of 2008 several months ago. But I still had Visual Studio 2008 Shell (integrated mode) installed as well....