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Pablo Fernandez
Pablo Fernandez

Reputation: 287530

Is it safe to remove the SQL Server 2005 Express installed by Visual Studio 2008 when SQL Server 2008 is installed?

Or will everything explode and kill a couple of kittens?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1075

Answers (3)

John Clark
John Clark

Reputation: 81

I had kitten parts splattered everywhere when I tried to do exactly what you are asking about. So I burned it all down and reinstalled, installing SQL Server 2008 first, and then making sure to de-select the database components in the Visual Studio installations.

So far so good, but my SQL Server installation is used sparingly.

Upvotes: 0

Shiraz Bhaiji
Shiraz Bhaiji

Reputation: 65411

That should be safe.

What we have had problems with is: if we install SQL Express first, then the management console will not install, when you install SQL Server.

Upvotes: 0

Eduardo Cobuci
Eduardo Cobuci

Reputation: 5640

Absolutely. The engines are isolated from each other, so, you can run both in parallel or remove/uninstall components if you need.

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 2

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