RE: [OT] Public SQL Server [answer found]

2013-11-26 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
Hi Greg, Back in the dreamtime, you could only have a single copy of SQL Server installed on a computer. When SQL Server 2000 appeared, they provided the ability to install additional copies (ie: named instances) of SQL Server in addition to the default instance. At the time, you could have 16

Re: [OT] Public SQL Server [answer found]

2013-11-26 Thread Greg Keogh
Thanks Doctor L, thank makes pretty good sense about the fixed/dynamic ports. It's funny no one mentioned this issue to me before. I don't like having non-standard setups, so I'd actually prefer to leave all the ports the way they were for my SQLExpress instance, but then I don't know how to

RE: [OT] Public SQL Server [answer found]

2013-11-26 Thread GregAtGregLowDotCom
SQL Server [answer found] Thanks Doctor L, thank makes pretty good sense about the fixed/dynamic ports. It's funny no one mentioned this issue to me before. I don't like having non-standard setups, so I'd actually prefer to leave all the ports the way they were for my SQLExpress instance