Comments on: SQL SERVER – 2005 Query Editor – Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

By: suguna

suguna — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:50:41 +0000

Hi pinal, I am the final year student.My name is suguna.I installed sql server 2005,but in it i found only the configuration manager, error and usage reporting and surface area configuration.I doesn’t found any studio and query analyzer.Plz help me.What I have to do now? As I am in the bottle neck moment,I have to prepare queries and practice queries for my academic project.Plz help me.If there is any possible solutions,mail me at [email removed].Thanks in advance.

By: muralikrishna

muralikrishna — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:33:11 +0000

Hi Pinal……….now i understand wht had happened to me.If any doubts i will post here later.Good response i am getting in ur blog.i am happy for ur contribution.

thanking you.

By: Pinal Dave

Pinal Dave — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:05:44 +0000

Hello Muralikrishna,

You have installed only the client tool of SQL Server. As Imran has mentioned that SSMS is just an interface to connect to SQL engine.
While installation you havn’t installed the SQL engine, that’s why no server name was asked. But now when you open the SSMS it asks the server name to connect with.

Kind Regards,
Pinal Dave

By: muralikrishna

muralikrishna — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:18:32 +0000

Hi Imran. thanks fr ur reply. I downloaded sql server management studio.but while installing it didnt ask me to enter the server name.After installing when i opened to use it……it asks me to enter the server name.At this point i got strucked.Pls help me out.
Bcoz i want to practice queries as much as possible. What mistake i have done i cant able to understand.

Thanks in advance.

By: Imran Mohammed

Imran Mohammed — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:51:18 +0000

@Murali

SQL Server Management Studio is just an interface to show you what are you executing and what is the result for the query.

But the engine which process your query is database engine. If you do not install database engine there is no way that your script can be processed.

Now if you have database engine, but no interface there is no way that you can run your script and see results.

In Short, you need to have SQL Server Management Studio. You can also run your quiries through command prompt, sqlcmd but I would recommend SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when learning/practicing.

If you do not want to buy SQL Server dev Edition (which costs 50 $), you can try SQL Server Evaluation Edition free untill 180 days (6 months) or you can download SQL Server Express Edition, this is free edition.

~ IM.

By: murali krishna

murali krishna — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:48:27 +0000

whether can i use sql server management studio without installing sql server 2005. if any one know pls reply me. thanks in advance.

By: Brian Tkatch

Brian Tkatch — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:47:16 +0000

@murali krishna

check out this article from Pinal on a similar subject:

http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/05/21/sql-server-fix-error-provider-named-pipes-provider-error-40-could-not-open-a-connection-to-sql-server-microsoft-sql-server-error/

By: murali krishna

murali krishna — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:06:46 +0000

hi Brian Tkatch…..thanks for ur link.i downloaded and installed. while i opened it , it prompts me to enter the server name. i typed sa in the provided field.but it is showing error as…..it encountered a problem may be due to –under default settings…..sql server doesnot allow remote connections. how i can overcome this error. pls advice me.

By: Brian Tkatch

Brian Tkatch — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:53:39 +0000

@murali krishna

Is this what you want? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c243a5ae-4bd1-4e3d-94b8-5a0f62bf7796&displaylang=en

By: murali krishna

murali krishna — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:09:42 +0000

pls give me the link for sql server 2005 management studio . thanks in advance.

By: Jameer

Jameer — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:44:08 +0000

Thanks for the short notes on the SQL server tool – much useful

By: Vijay

Vijay — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:45:52 +0000

Thanks-a-lot! My search ends here!

By: praveen

praveen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:40:13 +0000

very usefull materials thanks for providing.
In which scenario’s we go for clusterd and non-clusterd indexs

By: B. P. Shah

B. P. Shah — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:45:39 +0000

Dear Sir,
I am very happy to see ur article on sql-server for the first time. Thank you for providing such helpful article.

How could I fetch the definition of a table like its column’s names with their data types,default values ,allow nulls fields and if there r more than one indexes on that table ,they all should also be fetched on a datagrid at front end ?

please give me a proper solution……if possible. I will be grateful to u…….

Thanks Again,