Downloading SQL Express Server 2005

Hello World,

I am trying to download the SQL Express Server 2005 software direct from Microsoft. I am having trouble locating the ENGLISH version. I am located in Frane but prefer using software in my native language....no pun intended. Every attempt to d/l gives me the French version. Can anyone provide me a link for the ENU version of SQL Express Server 2005.

Thank You in Advance,

Best Regards,

Richard J. Rothery Jr.

rjstinyc@.hotmail.fr

What about http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=220549b5-0b07-4448-8848-dcc397514b41&displaylang=en ?

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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Jens Suessmeyer,

Thank you very much for the link that gives me the path to the ENU of SQL Server Express 2005.

I know it would appear simple but I had not found a solution to have the link for whatever reason.... I am certain it has been operator error on my part.

Best Wishes,

Richard J. Rothery Jr.

|||Simply searched for:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sql+server+express+download+english&meta=

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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Jens Suessmeyer,

Sometimes I forget to simply put a third party search engine to use and I get stuck in a website using their proprietary search engine.

I am happy that the age old clich "two heads are better than one" applies in this case.

Thank You Again,

Richard

Download Englisg Version of SQL Server Express SP2

Hello group,

I am in Germany, and want to download the English version of SQL-Server Express SP2. But when I go to

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/

and click the download link there, it always wants to download SQLEXPR32_DEU.EXE.

DEU is for the German version. Does anybody know how I can get the English one?

Regards

Norbert Ruessmann

I changed regional options and when go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/|||

Thank you for the answer,

I changed the regional settings to USA. Unfortunately it did not work.

I think that MS server detemines my location from ip- address, therefore this is not working.

Regards

Norbert Ruessmann

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Hi Norbert,

You can download localized versions of SQL Express directly from the Microsoft Download center. The links for English are below, but once at that page, you can actually select a specific language if you'd like a different one.

Express: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=31711d5d-725c-4afa-9d65-e4465cdff1e7&DisplayLang=en
Express Advanced: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5B5528B9-13E1-4DB9-A3FC-82116D598C3D&displaylang=en

Mike

sql

Double Byte Character Problem

I am storing text in sql server 2000. DataType for the field is ntext. I am
storing a string which has characters both in english and in Japanese. If the
number of characters in string are upto 4000 then every thing works fine. If
I retrieve the data it shows me exactly the string which I stored. But the
moment chracters exceed 4000(even 4001) the japanese characters are converted
to question mark("?") . Collation for the database is
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_Cl_AS. Please help me.
Thank you.
Junaid Rehman
Are you observing this behavior from Query Analyzer or your application
program?
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"rehmanjr" <rehmanjr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:29958380-55A3-4BC7-9383-5DE2738B0120@.microsoft.com...
>I am storing text in sql server 2000. DataType for the field is ntext. I am
> storing a string which has characters both in english and in Japanese. If
> the
> number of characters in string are upto 4000 then every thing works fine.
> If
> I retrieve the data it shows me exactly the string which I stored. But the
> moment chracters exceed 4000(even 4001) the japanese characters are
> converted
> to question mark("?") . Collation for the database is
> SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_Cl_AS. Please help me.
> Thank you.
> Junaid Rehman
|||I made a simple page in vb.net which has two textboxes and a submit button. I
enter the text in first textbox and when I submit the form data is inserted
into database. When the characters entered in textbox are less then 4000 the
data which is inserted in database has japanese characters represented as
small boxes. Then I retrieve the the data stored in database in 2nd textbox
and it appears fine. But when characters entered in first textbox exceed 4000
the data which is inserted into database has japanese characters converted to
question mark("?") instead of those small boxes (which were there earlier
when characters were less then 4000). When I retrieve this text in 2nd box it
shows question marks instead of Japanese characters. I explained it in bit
detail so that you know what I am exactly doing.
Junaid Rehman
"Dan Guzman" wrote:

> Are you observing this behavior from Query Analyzer or your application
> program?
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP
> "rehmanjr" <rehmanjr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:29958380-55A3-4BC7-9383-5DE2738B0120@.microsoft.com...
>
>
|||Below is a code snippet that properly stores unicode values as described in
your narrative. Also, I used a font that properly rendered the unicode
characters. You might check this against your code. If you still have
problems, please post your code.
Dim mySqlConnection As New SqlConnection(connectionString)
mySqlConnection.Open()
Dim mySqlCommand As New SqlCommand
mySqlCommand.Connection = mySqlConnection
'create test table
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE #MyTable(MyData ntext)"
mySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
'create unicode value from form
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO #MyTable VALUES(@.MyData)"
Dim myDataParamter As New SqlParameter("@.MyData", SqlDbType.NText)
myDataParamter.Value = Me.TextBox1.Text
mySqlCommand.Parameters.Add(myDataParamter)
mySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
'retrieve inserted value
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "SELECT MyData FROM #MyTable"
Dim SqlDataReader As SqlDataReader = mySqlCommand.ExecuteReader
SqlDataReader.Read()
Me.TextBox2.Text = SqlDataReader.GetString(0)
SqlDataReader.Close()
'cleanup
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "DROP TABLE #MyTable"
mySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
mySqlConnection.Close()
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"rehmanjr" <rehmanjr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C3267D6-DD99-417A-9B65-D40FE6217DF2@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
>I made a simple page in vb.net which has two textboxes and a submit button.
>I
> enter the text in first textbox and when I submit the form data is
> inserted
> into database. When the characters entered in textbox are less then 4000
> the
> data which is inserted in database has japanese characters represented as
> small boxes. Then I retrieve the the data stored in database in 2nd
> textbox
> and it appears fine. But when characters entered in first textbox exceed
> 4000
> the data which is inserted into database has japanese characters converted
> to
> question mark("?") instead of those small boxes (which were there earlier
> when characters were less then 4000). When I retrieve this text in 2nd box
> it
> shows question marks instead of Japanese characters. I explained it in bit
> detail so that you know what I am exactly doing.
> Junaid Rehman
> "Dan Guzman" wrote:

Double Byte Character Problem

I am storing text in sql server 2000. DataType for the field is ntext. I am
storing a string which has characters both in english and in Japanese. If the
number of characters in string are upto 4000 then every thing works fine. If
I retrieve the data it shows me exactly the string which I stored. But the
moment chracters exceed 4000(even 4001) the japanese characters are converted
to question mark("?") . Collation for the database is
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_Cl_AS. Please help me.
Thank you.
Junaid RehmanAre you observing this behavior from Query Analyzer or your application
program?
--
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"rehmanjr" <rehmanjr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:29958380-55A3-4BC7-9383-5DE2738B0120@.microsoft.com...
>I am storing text in sql server 2000. DataType for the field is ntext. I am
> storing a string which has characters both in english and in Japanese. If
> the
> number of characters in string are upto 4000 then every thing works fine.
> If
> I retrieve the data it shows me exactly the string which I stored. But the
> moment chracters exceed 4000(even 4001) the japanese characters are
> converted
> to question mark("?") . Collation for the database is
> SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_Cl_AS. Please help me.
> Thank you.
> Junaid Rehman|||I made a simple page in vb.net which has two textboxes and a submit button. I
enter the text in first textbox and when I submit the form data is inserted
into database. When the characters entered in textbox are less then 4000 the
data which is inserted in database has japanese characters represented as
small boxes. Then I retrieve the the data stored in database in 2nd textbox
and it appears fine. But when characters entered in first textbox exceed 4000
the data which is inserted into database has japanese characters converted to
question mark("?") instead of those small boxes (which were there earlier
when characters were less then 4000). When I retrieve this text in 2nd box it
shows question marks instead of Japanese characters. I explained it in bit
detail so that you know what I am exactly doing.
Junaid Rehman
"Dan Guzman" wrote:
> Are you observing this behavior from Query Analyzer or your application
> program?
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP
> "rehmanjr" <rehmanjr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:29958380-55A3-4BC7-9383-5DE2738B0120@.microsoft.com...
> >I am storing text in sql server 2000. DataType for the field is ntext. I am
> > storing a string which has characters both in english and in Japanese. If
> > the
> > number of characters in string are upto 4000 then every thing works fine.
> > If
> > I retrieve the data it shows me exactly the string which I stored. But the
> > moment chracters exceed 4000(even 4001) the japanese characters are
> > converted
> > to question mark("?") . Collation for the database is
> > SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_Cl_AS. Please help me.
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Junaid Rehman
>
>|||Below is a code snippet that properly stores unicode values as described in
your narrative. Also, I used a font that properly rendered the unicode
characters. You might check this against your code. If you still have
problems, please post your code.
Dim mySqlConnection As New SqlConnection(connectionString)
mySqlConnection.Open()
Dim mySqlCommand As New SqlCommand
mySqlCommand.Connection = mySqlConnection
'create test table
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE #MyTable(MyData ntext)"
mySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
'create unicode value from form
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO #MyTable VALUES(@.MyData)"
Dim myDataParamter As New SqlParameter("@.MyData", SqlDbType.NText)
myDataParamter.Value = Me.TextBox1.Text
mySqlCommand.Parameters.Add(myDataParamter)
mySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
'retrieve inserted value
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "SELECT MyData FROM #MyTable"
Dim SqlDataReader As SqlDataReader = mySqlCommand.ExecuteReader
SqlDataReader.Read()
Me.TextBox2.Text = SqlDataReader.GetString(0)
SqlDataReader.Close()
'cleanup
mySqlCommand.CommandText = "DROP TABLE #MyTable"
mySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
mySqlConnection.Close()
--
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"rehmanjr" <rehmanjr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C3267D6-DD99-417A-9B65-D40FE6217DF2@.microsoft.com...
>I made a simple page in vb.net which has two textboxes and a submit button.
>I
> enter the text in first textbox and when I submit the form data is
> inserted
> into database. When the characters entered in textbox are less then 4000
> the
> data which is inserted in database has japanese characters represented as
> small boxes. Then I retrieve the the data stored in database in 2nd
> textbox
> and it appears fine. But when characters entered in first textbox exceed
> 4000
> the data which is inserted into database has japanese characters converted
> to
> question mark("?") instead of those small boxes (which were there earlier
> when characters were less then 4000). When I retrieve this text in 2nd box
> it
> shows question marks instead of Japanese characters. I explained it in bit
> detail so that you know what I am exactly doing.
> Junaid Rehman
> "Dan Guzman" wrote:
>> Are you observing this behavior from Query Analyzer or your application
>> program?
>> --
>> Hope this helps.
>> Dan Guzman
>> SQL Server MVP
>> "rehmanjr" <rehmanjr@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:29958380-55A3-4BC7-9383-5DE2738B0120@.microsoft.com...
>> >I am storing text in sql server 2000. DataType for the field is ntext. I
>> >am
>> > storing a string which has characters both in english and in Japanese.
>> > If
>> > the
>> > number of characters in string are upto 4000 then every thing works
>> > fine.
>> > If
>> > I retrieve the data it shows me exactly the string which I stored. But
>> > the
>> > moment chracters exceed 4000(even 4001) the japanese characters are
>> > converted
>> > to question mark("?") . Collation for the database is
>> > SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_Cl_AS. Please help me.
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> > Junaid Rehman
>>