How to install new instance on SQL Server using vb.net

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Hi,
Is there nay way that my application could create a new instance (say MyInstance) and attach my DB to that, with sa password?

Please give me vb.net code for it if possible.

Thanks a lot.

Posted 20-Feb-12 4:48am

Furqan Sehgal

Updated 20-Feb-12 5:53am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Feb-12 12:46pm

A new instance of what, exactly? A server? what would it mean?
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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-02-20T08:02:00

Not really practical - SQL server needs a fair amount of setup, with quite a few decisions needing to be made by the user.
Besides, it is a very bad idea to proliferate SQL server instances - if nothing else, it removes the main advantage of using SQL Server - multiuser access. If you program installs a fresh instance on each pc, then each pc will use a separate database, with no shared information. There are much simpler, quicker ways to do that.