Note Service Pack 4 is the minimum requirement for upgrading your SQL Server 2005 instance to a SQL Server 2014 instance. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit provides additional tools and resources for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services. SQL Server 2005 also allows the TOP keyword in the INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements. One practical use for TOP with these statements is the development of T-SQL table-based queues, stacks, lists, or other data structures.
How to clean up a SQL 2005 instance name left behind by a previous uninstall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★.
-->This article describes how to uninstall a stand-alone instance of SQL Server. By following the steps in this article, you also prepare the system so that you can reinstall SQL Server.
Important
To uninstall an instance of SQL Server, you must be a local administrator with permission to log on as a service.
Note
To uninstall a SQL Server failover cluster, use the Remove Node functionality provided by SQL Server Setup to remove each node individually. For more information, see Add or Remove Nodes in a SQL Server Failover Cluster (Setup)
Note the following important scenarios before you uninstall SQL Server:
- Before you remove SQL Server components from a computer that has the minimum required amount of physical memory, make sure that the page file size is sufficient. The page file size must be equal to two times the amount of physical memory. Insufficient virtual memory can cause an incomplete removal of SQL Server.
- If you have multiple instances of SQL Server, the SQL Server Browser uninstalls automatically when the last instance of SQL Server 2017 is uninstalled.If you want to uninstall all components of SQL Server 2017, you must uninstall the SQL Server Browser component manually from Programs and Features in Control Panel.
- Uninstalling SQL Server deletes tempdb data files that were added during the install process. Files with tempdb_mssql_*.ndf name pattern are deleted if they exist in the system database directory.
Before You Uninstall
- Back up your data. Although this is not a required step, you might have databases that you want to save in their present state. You might also want to save changes that were made to the system databases. If either situation is true, make sure that back up the data before you uninstall SQL Server. Alternatively, save a copy of all the data and log files in a folder other than the MSSQL folder. The MSSQL folder is deleted during uninstallation.The files that you must save include the following database files:
- Master.mdf
- Mastlog.ldf
- Model.mdf
- Modellog.ldf
- Msdbdata.mdf
- Msdblog.ldf
- Mssqlsystemresource.mdf
- Mssqlsustemresource.ldf
- Tempdb.mdf
- Templog.ldf
- ReportServer[$InstanceName] This is the Reporting Services default database.
- ReportServer[$InstanceName]TempDB This is the Reporting Services default temporary database.
- Delete the local security groups. Before you uninstall SQL Server, delete the local security groups for SQL Server components.
- Stop all SQL Server services. We recommend that you stop all SQL Server services before you uninstall SQL Server components. Active connections can prevent successful uninstallation.
- Use an account that has the appropriate permissions. Log on to the server by using the SQL Server service account or by using an account that has equivalent permissions. For example, you can log on to the server by using an account that is a member of the local Administrators group.
To Uninstall an Instance of SQL Server
- To begin the uninstall process, go to Control Panel and then Programs and Features.
- Right click SQL Server 2016 and select Uninstall. Then click Remove. This starts the SQL Server Installation Wizard.Setup Support Rules runs to verify your computer configuration. To continue, click Next.
- On the Select Instance page, use the drop-down box to specify an instance of SQL Server to remove, or specify the option to remove only the SQL Server shared features and management tools. To continue, click Next.
- On the Select Features page, specify the features to remove from the specified instance of SQL Server.Removal rules runs to verify that the operation can complete successfully.
- On the Ready to Remove page, review the list of components and features that will be uninstalled. Click Remove to begin uninstalling
- Immediately after you uninstall the last SQL Server instance, the other programs associated with SQL Server will still be visible in the list of programs in Programs and Features. However, if you close Programs and Features, the next time you open Programs and Features, it will refresh the list of programs, to show only the ones that are actually still installed.
If the Uninstallation Fails
- If the uninstallation process does not complete successfully, attempt to fix the problem that caused the uninstallation to fail. The following articles can help you understand the cause of the failed uninstallation:
- If you are unable to fix the cause of the uninstallation failure, you can contact Microsoft Support. In some cases, such as unintentional deletion of important files, reinstalling the operating system may be required before reinstalling SQL Server on the computer.
See Also
Active1 year, 6 months ago
How can I create alias name to my database in SQL Server 2005?
For example:
DB1
and its alias DB2
, it's same DB, but with two names.Or can I do replication, mirroring, syncing or anything other inside server from one DB to another?
marc_s603k136136 gold badges11521152 silver badges12891289 bronze badges
DreamProger DreamProger
1 Answer
You can do replication from one database to another database on the same machine. You can also copy data directly without having to create an alias. For instance if you had a table named Users in DB2 and a Users table in DB1 and they are the same schema you could easily just do
Now, a synonym would allow you to use a table from DB2 as if it was a table in DB1 so for instance if you have a table named Products in DB2 you could do
For more information on synonyms see here
Microsoft Sql Server Native Client
Element ZeroElement Zero97611 gold badge55 silver badges2121 bronze badges
Got a question that you can’t ask on public Stack Overflow? Learn more about sharing private information with Stack Overflow for Teams.