Re: Vista hosting XPe tools/db

Okay, here's an alternative script using the Microsoft ADO (ADODB) as
opposed to the SQL DMO - this should (hopefully) allow this script to work
on your machine. I apologize for the confusion - please let me know how it
works for you. Thank you for your patience. :) (Also, I moved the
introductory line stating what the script does such that the script only
describes itself if you don't provide enough parameters.)

=== BEGIN SCRIPT CODE ===
Option Explicit

If WScript.Arguments.Count < 2 Then
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "SetSQLPerms.vbs: Grants sysadmin permissions
to a specified user in a SQL database."
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Usage: setsqlperms.vbs ComputerName UserName"
WScript.Quit()
End If

Dim g_oSQLServer : Set g_oSQLServer = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
g_oSQLServer.Open "Provider='sqloledb';Data Source=" &
Trim(WScript.Arguments(0)) & ";Integrated Security='SSPI';"
g_oSQLServer.Execute("EXEC sp_grantlogin '" & Trim(WScript.Arguments(1)) &
"'")
g_oSQLServer.Execute("EXEC sp_addsrvrolemember '" &
Trim(WScript.Arguments(1)) & "', 'sysadmin'")
g_oSQLServer.Close
Set g_oSQLServer = Nothing

WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Done."
=== END SCRIPT CODE ===

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Matt Kellner
SDET, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Test Team

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"Matt Kellner [MS]" <mattkell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Huh. I'll do a little more research and see if there's some component
that SQL Express isn't installing that should be there. The error you're
getting indicates that the DMO isn't available - perhaps it's not included
with SQL Express (for whatever reason). I may need to rewrite the script
to take advantage of a different mechanism - interfacing with the built-in
ODBC support isn't as easy.

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SDET, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Test Team

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"DPM" <dm@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Matt,

Yes - I'm running the script on a machine that has SQL 2005 Express SP1
installed and running, logged in as the "Administrator".

I attached the script I'm running, just to make sure.

Regards,
Dean

"Matt Kellner [MS]" <mattkell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Nope. The instance name on the machine you're accessing shouldn't
matter.

Are you running this script on the machine that actually has the SQL
server
installed? The SQL DMO is an object that should exist on a machine that
has
some form of SQL Server installed - if it doesn't, this script won't be
able
to find the components necessary to perform its tasks.

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SDET, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Test Team

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"DPM" <dm@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Matt,

I chose your second option, and here's what I got:

C:\XPe>setp

C:\XPe>cscript setsqlperms.vbs vista-64 dpm
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

SetSQLPerms.vbs: Grants sysadmin permissions to a specified user on a
SQL
server
.
C:\XPe\setsqlperms.vbs(9, 20) Microsoft VBScript runtime error:
ActiveX
component can't create object: 'SQLDMO.SQLServer'

C:\XPe>

Now, the SQL server instance name is "MSSQLSERVER" Should the object
be
"'SQLDMO.MSSQLSERVER'"?

Regards,
Dean

"Matt Kellner [MS]" <mattkell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just a clarification: This script requires that you run it under the
CScript
host. If you haven't changed your default script host to CScript,
you
can
do that with the following command: cscript //H:CScript

Alternatively, you can run setsqlperms.vbs script as follows: cscript
setsqlperms.vbs ComputerName UserName

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Matt Kellner
SDET, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Test Team

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"Matt Kellner [MS]" <mattkell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi there. We did some research into this issue and have come up
with
what
we believe is a decent workaround. Here is a short VBScript that
you
can
run (as Administrator) on your machine, that should grant the
proper
permissions to your SQL database in order for your tools to connect
properly in Vista.

To use this script, copy the following script code to a file and
save
it
as "savesqlperms.vbs" . Then run the script as Administrator on
the
machine hosting the database.

=== BEGIN SCRIPT CODE ===
Option Explicit

WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "SetSQLPerms.vbs: Grants sysadmin
permissions
to
a specified user on a SQL server."
If WScript.Arguments.Count < 2 Then
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Usage: setsqlperms.vbs ComputerName
UserName"
WScript.Quit()
End If

Dim g_oSQLServer : Set g_oSQLServer =
CreateObject("SQLDMO.SQLServer")
g_oSQLServer.LoginTimeout = 30
g_oSQLServer.LoginSecure = True
g_oSQLServer.Connect Trim(WScript.Arguments(0))
g_oSQLServer.ExecuteImmediate("EXEC sp_grantlogin '" &
Trim(WScript.Arguments(1)) & "'")
g_oSQLServer.ExecuteImmediate("EXEC sp_addsrvrolemember '" &
Trim(WScript.Arguments(1)) & "', 'sysadmin'")
g_oSQLServer.Close
Set g_oSQLServer = Nothing

WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "Done."
=== END SCRIPT CODE ===

The usage is as follows: setsqlperms.vbs ComputerName UserName
For example: setsqlperms MyComputer MYDOMAIN\Matt

Once you run this script, you should be able to access your
database
properly without having to disable UAC or login as Administrator.

Please let us know how this works for you. :)

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Matt Kellner
SDET, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Test Team

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"DPM" <dm@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is Vista security preventing your account from connecting to
the
database. Try logging in as the Administrator (not just a user in
the
admin group). Disabling LUA would probably also enable that but
i'm
not
proposing you do that since that feature is enabled for a reason.

We need to propagate some information to the community wrt hosting
XPe
on Vista, it's definitely supported but since the OS is so locked
down,
the process of enabling the end to end developer scenario on Vista
is
no
longer as simple as it was on previous OS'. I believe someone may
be
working on a stored procedure for the database to set the
permissions
such that Vista will allow authorized users access to the DB
without
having to tweak the OS.

I'll ping the PMs and try to get something on our blog next week
or
asap.

----
Andy

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DPM wrote:
Well, not so fast.

Although I managed to install the SP1 database with no errors,
the
tools
report that they cannot log on to the database because either the
database
is open in exclusive mode or they're not authorised.

Are there some additional settings I need to adjust in SQL
Express?
What
sort of logon do I need? "Network service" is the default; do I
need
another?

I should note that I'm hosting this on Vista RC1.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Dean

"DPM" <dm@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Andy,

I uninstalled and reinstalled, and it seems to work OK.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Dean

"Andy Allred [MS]" <andyall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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I know that when you install a second instance of SQL on the
machine
it
will have a new instance name.

However, i don't know if you can install a second instance of
SQL
2005
Express if it detects another but you could try installing a
second
instance. Otherwise i think you might have to uninstall and
then

re-install.

Sorry, i hope the first method works for you.

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DPM wrote:

Andy,

Well, I already installed SQL 2005 Express. Is it possible to
change

the

instance name after installation? I didn't see any obvious
way
to
do

it.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Dean

"Andy Allred [MS]" <andyall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Check out this article from our XPe blog called "Using SQL
2005

Express

with the XP Embedded Database":
http://blogs.msdn.com/embedded/archive/2006/01/05/509705.aspx

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Andy

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DPM wrote:


Can anyone tell me what I need to do to install the XPe
database

with

SQL


Express (2005, SP1)? I've installed SQL, it appears to be
running,

but

the


XPe SP1 database installer cannot find it.

Any suggestions?


























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