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I am having a Windows form application created using C# .Net Framework 3.5. My application is using a SQL SERVER 2005 database. My customer has got the SQL Server installed in his machine. How can I get the database installed too? Do have to do some thing using SQL SERVER CONFIGURATION MANAGER? Is it possible to install the database directly using my software setup file? Please someone help me out!!!

Posted 29-Oct-12 7:47am

Ritwesh

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Solution 1

You can't install a database, but you can back up the database and restore the database on another computer. Have a look at this discussion:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8715687/how-to-copy-a-database-from-one-computer-to-another[^]

Posted 29-Oct-12 7:52am

Thomas Daniels

Solution 3

when you are create setup add database bak file or script file.

now,
when application start connect with sql master database
fire query that checks whether database exist or not
if not then,

1. if you have added .bak file in setup,
then first execute query for create database and then execute restore database query from .net, then re-create connection to your database(leave master database connection)

2. if you added script then same way
then first execute query for create database and then read script file and assign in cmd.commandtext then execute that command

Happy Coding!
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Posted 29-Oct-12 20:21pm

Aarti Meswania

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Sandeep Mewara · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-29T10:54:00

Solution 2

You would need to create a setup that creates/deploy database along with your application install.

Have a look at these:
Creating setup With support for database creation Using VS.NET[^]
Create database during installation of a .NET application [^]
Deploy your Application and Database[^]

Posted 29-Oct-12 10:54am

Sandeep Mewara