I spoke to three different teams in our organization and they all use an MSI to install a database. I decided to try this as an alternative to the DOS batch script I used in the previous version of our software.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:14 AM, John Nannenga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ideally, the MSI would un-install itself after it finished creating the > > database. > > This might be off topic, but curiosity got the best of me; given that to be > the case, why would this be in an MSI at all? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Zak > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; General discussion for Windows > Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Installs without Un-Install? > > The user wants to have the ability to install a database from any remote > machine. Also, additional databases would be installed at some other point > in time (e.g. perhaps 3 months later the user decides they need a second > database). > > Ideally, the MSI would un-install itself after it finished creating the > database. > Cheers, > Daniel > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Christopher Painter < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You could modify the maintenance UI experience to have an option for > > creating additional database instances which would then execute your > script > > again but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be simpler to just write a small > > application utility and put it in the start menu to allow a user to > perform > > database management functions like creating additional named database > > instances. > > > > How do you feel about that? > > > > --- On Wed, 7/23/08, Daniel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Daniel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Installs without Un-Install? > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 1:28 AM > > > Hi Christopher, > > > > > > I need multiple instances only of the database. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > > > Message: 9 > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:31:10 -0700 (PDT) > > > > From: Christopher Painter > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple Installs without > > > Un-Install? > > > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML > > > toolset." > > > > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > > Message-ID: > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > > > Windows Installer supports multiple instance > > > installation, but the question > > > > I have is do you need multiple instances of your > > > product or only multiple > > > > instances of your database? > > > > > > > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering > > > Blog > > > > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good > > > thread that deserves > > > > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, Daniel Zak > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Daniel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple Installs without > > > Un-Install? > > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 11:51 PM > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I created a script to install an SQL Server > > > database. A > > > > > user needs to be > > > > > able to run the script multiple times to install > > > multiple > > > > > databases. > > > > > However, the script requires the user to first > > > un-install > > > > > the product (which > > > > > does not delete the database) before being able > > > to install > > > > > a new database. > > > > > > > > > > Is there anything I can do to avoid requiring the > > > user to > > > > > explicitly > > > > > un-install the product? > > > > > > > > > > I included an extract of the script as a text > > > file. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > Daniel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > > > Developer's challenge > > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK > > > & win great prizes > > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > > > anywhere in the world > > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
