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rwestgraham2-May-05 13:41
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I am not sure I understand why you would need to do this. You can run the built-in system stored procedure named sp_password to change the sa password from a script after a SQL Server is installed, so why would it matter if you set the sa password during the actual SQL Server installation itself, or if you set the sa password in a final custom action in the same package that installs the SQL Server?

The final result - setting the sa password - is the same in either case...???

In any case, a merge module is not a distinct physical entity in terms of an actual running setups. Merge modules cannot be "run" and do not exist as any sort of separate "setup". A Merge Module is nothing more than a set of Windows Installer tables and possibly CAB files. When you add a merge module to a Windows Installer package, what happens is the merge module tables are copied into the installer database along with any CAB files. The final result is a single MSI with additional table entries, not an MSI plus merge module components that are also run by the setup.

So you cannot change the behavior of a merge module by, for example, setting command line arguments.

The only way to change the behavior of a merge module is to manually author new functionality into the Windows Installer tables. Since a merge module becomes part of your final MSI, it does not make any difference if you change the merge module itself, or change your final MSI package after you've added the merge module. The net result is the same, because Windows Installer does not understand the concept of "running a merge module".

It would make more sense to change your final MSI package - which is essentially what I've already described: Add a dialog to collect the SQL Server parameters from the user interface and then run a script in a custom action that configures the SQL Server.

Robert
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