Can't remember anymore how this is done correctly. I installed SQL Express 2017 with standard configs but the server agent simply won't start. Dunno if that's normal.
Could someone provide detailed steps from the correct SQL version, instance config to connecting via SSMS or perhaps Navicat? The old 6.0.7 guide simply says "login to the sql server". And there is zero info about that important part of the server setup to be found.
Edit: After the 4th attempt with no result, it now says that a registry key cannot be found, meaning the install fails completely.
Edit2: Spent all day on this stuff now, it's either wait on the recovery handle failing or the MOF compiler failing now. None of this happened two years ago or something when I last worked with SQL. About to gve up on this crap
Could someone provide detailed steps from the correct SQL version, instance config to connecting via SSMS or perhaps Navicat? The old 6.0.7 guide simply says "login to the sql server". And there is zero info about that important part of the server setup to be found.
Edit: After the 4th attempt with no result, it now says that a registry key cannot be found, meaning the install fails completely.
Edit2: Spent all day on this stuff now, it's either wait on the recovery handle failing or the MOF compiler failing now. None of this happened two years ago or something when I last worked with SQL. About to gve up on this crap
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