Installing MS SQL 2008 Express Silently

[fazilb]

Hello All,

I am new with this forum and web site. I have read so many pages around How to install MS SQL Express Silently with Advance installer. Unfortunately there is o clear and exact solution about on this issue.

Could you please some one help me or show me and send me sample installer about on How to install SQL Express Silently

I have right configuration ini file to install SQL Server 2008 Express.
I want to add this Prerequisites and download MS SQL Server Express over internet and run in silently.

Please somebody show me or help me how can I do this?
Any sample will be much appreciate.

Kind regards,
Fazil Berber

[Dan]

Hello Fazil and welcome to Advanced Installer forums,

Thank you for your interest in Advanced Installer.

I'm afraid we don't have any sample which implements your scenario.

However, you can take a look on our MS SQL Server as prerequisite forum thread which debates a similar subject.

Please let us know if that helped otherwise give us more details.

Best regards,
Dan

[fazilb]

Hello Dan,
Thank you Dan for your prompt respond. Unfortunately when we read these linked files there is no solution.
Every time it is showing or declaring other pages. When we dig till the end we have nothing at the end.

So. Just please help us show us any example so we can download and figure out what we are doing wrong.

Kind Regards

[Teodor]

Hi

Just please help us show us any example so we can download and figure out what we are doing wrong.

I've attached a project sample.

AI f27625.aip

sqlserv 2008 online installer

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This project was tested successfully on Windows 2008 SP2 x86.

Here are some notes regarding this project sample AI f27625. The target was to create an online installer for SQL Server 2008 Express SP3 that will download and silently install the corresponding package for 32-bit or 64-bit architecture.
The other two prerequisites (.NET Framework 3.5 SP1, Windows Installer 4.5) are just Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2008.

What I want to emphasize are the parameters to Install SQL Server 2008 from the Command Prompt -- that is for silent install.

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/q /ACTION=Install /FEATURES=SQLEngine /INSTANCENAME=SQLEXPRESS /SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE" /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="%USERDOMAIN%\%USERNAME%"

If you wish to use a configuration file you could put all your parameters on your INI file and use an Install Command Lines like this:

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/q /ConfigurationFile="C:\MyConfigurationFile.INI"

Please read How to: Install SQL Server 2008 Using a Configuration File for more information.

Best regards

[jvsanguyo]

Command line doesn't even working at all. I downloaded your project and try to run and no silent installation happened.

[Daniel]

Hello,

I'm not sure why this happens on your side. We have tested again the above attached sample and the SQL Server prerequisite was successfully silently installed. I've tested the setup installation on a Windows 8.1 x64 machine.

Did you alter in any way the setup project uploaded by us on this thread? If so, can you please send it to us or give us more details about the behavior you are encountering?

All the best,
Daniel