Deploying a C# application which depends on a SQL Server 2008 Express database

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Hi I am trying to deploy a C# application, it uses a database built in SQL Server 2008 Express edition. in application's setup project I have checked SQL Server 2008 Express as "Prerequisite".
I want to know what this will do exactly. Will it check if SQL Server 2008 Express is installed or not, and if it is not installed, it will download SQL Server and install it?

Posted 15-Nov-13 22:11pm

suleman115

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RedDk 16-Nov-13 15:31pm

I'm curious. What version of Visual Studio are you using?

suleman115 18-Nov-13 5:16am

visual studio 10.0

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2013-11-16T04:25:00

Essentially you are correct, it will check for the prerequisite on the target machine and if not present will download and install it ... but you have to specify where to find the installer.

See this TechNet blog[^] for a walk through of how to check for, and if necessary install, sql server express with your application.

and the msdn reference[^]