Installing Reporting Services - Developer Edition
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Hello all,
I purchased the SQL Server 2000 Delevoper Edition some months ago. Installation consisted of the main CD and Service Pack 3a. This has worked fine.
I am now trying to install the Reporting Services and receiving the error message that Service Pack 3a needs to be installed. Hmmm, did I not install that originally? So, I'll reinstall it to make sure - worked fine (or so the installation routine indicated).
Try to install Reporting Services again and I receive the same error message.
Spoke to the wonderful people at Microsoft support who indicated that they would indeed gleefully entertain my PRODUCT INSTALLATION problem for a mere fee of FIVE times the original price of the product. I'm just angry because I didn't think of it first - imagine selling a product and then charging 5 times the price to help someone install it - I'm sure I would still be in business today.............
All kidding aside, any help would be GREATLY appreciated. The version is 8.00.194
Sincerely,
Eric
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version 8.0.760 is what SQL Server reports after SP3a is installed. version 8.0.194 is what you get when the CD only has been installed.
I am wondering whether you completed the installation of sp3a. The file you download from microsoft is an ".Exe" file. When you run it, all that file does is unpack a bunch of files (probably to drive C
. You then need to install the service pack by running setup.exe in the folder that the files were unpacked into. Has this been done ? -
And if you did run it, look for sqlsp.log in your %systemroot% directory. That'll tell you how the service pack installation went. But happycat59 is right. If SQL Server 2000 SP3a is installed, you should see a version of at least 8.0.760. SQL Server 2000 SP4 is now out, also, by the way.
K. Brian Kelley
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