2.2. Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008

There are many different editions of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 database servers including their Express editions which are free to use. The following are instructions for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition. Settings for other editions will be similar. Please contact your database administrator in case you have any questions. But in essense, we have to create a database and a database user who has all rights on that database.

To create a database user and database, open SQL Server Management Studio and login as sa (the database administrator user).

To create a database user :

  1. Right click on the Security node and click NewLogin...

  2. Enter login name as celoxis

  3. Choose SQL server authentication

  4. Enter a password. Note the username and password down as you will be asked for this later during installation.

  5. Uncheck the Enforce password policy

  6. Click OK

To create a database :

  1. Right click on the Database node and click New Database...

  2. Enter the same database name as specified in your license request

  3. Select celoxis as the owner

  4. Choose SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS as the Collation (available from the Options page on the left)

  5. Click OK