Dumb SQL Server Install
I'm installing SQL Server onto my new Windows Server 2003 for testing, and I slipped in my normal DVD - up pops up a window saying that SQL Server SP2 and lower "is not supported on this o/s".
Oh, ok. I go through my latest MSDN disks to find the latest one. July 2005 no less. Still the same issue - the SQL Server install is still SP2 and won't install.
Only, it does install if I ignore the message. Goddamn stupid waste of my time.
What it's trying to tell me is that I should upgrade to SP3 after installation. Why on earth couldn't they just tell me that, not that the latest and greatest SQL Server installation that they ship "is not supported".
And why haven't they created an installation that includes SP3 after all this time?
