thanks folks for help here. Got a good install of SQL Server 2012 and above statements (eg. SEARCH) now working.

Erland,. I unpacked and installed from C: and this time no problem.

Repair also encountered errors so I uninstalled 2012 and tried reinstall from media (DVD) I used to burn 2012 iso image.

I am encountering an error during install....and have created a...

Only the BIN and Install folders are there.

When I follow the path to the place in the registry that should contain information about the location of my Log,...

Thanks Erland.

I just went to path C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLSERVER2012\MSSQL and there is no Log folder there, the way there is for my default instance.

Here's the error that returns...

Phil, thanks. I realize the reason SQLSERVER2012 isn't listed in the Connect dialogue box is that the SQL Server service isn't running. But I can't get it to start.

So, I...

Per your last post, it seems like you're saying that you want to remove rows where Ord value = 2, but that is so simple you must mean something else....

Strange, I've got both installed (SSMS 2008 & SSMS 2012) and I'm definitely connecting to the one listed in my START menu as 2012, and even the Help->About dialogue show...

Thanks, Koen Verbeeck. You answered very succinctly, which I appreciate very much, and it...

Josh and Luis C's first one were creative/nice but don't capture scenario where only one game is played (in which case min/max are same) and they don't list all the...

Thank you, Lynn.

That's good to know. These things could be anywhere, in msdb and on people's individual machines, and I need to ask....

Folks, can you suggest an approach for comprehensively inventorying all SSIS packages being used (and the last time it was run) in a production environment? My understanding is that viable...

in 2012 it is:

-- List all SSIS packages stored in msdb database.

SELECT PCK.name AS PackageName

,PCK.[description] AS [Description]

...

OK, will do. I've got a few more points of reference then I did when you first directed me to that article. So, I'm heading in the direction to ingest...