July 17, 2010 at 9:24 am
Hey everyone, I am soliciting help for an install of SQL Server 2008 Developer's Edition. When i try to install the product, I get several different errors. The first error I receive is 'Failed to retrieve data for this request". Once I run the install a second time, I receive this error "MsiGetProductInfo failed to retrieve ProductVersion for package {key}. Error 1605".
I have tried everything suggested online short of formatting my machine and reinstalling EVERYTHING (which is not an option).
Machine Information:
Brand New Dell Inspiron 1561
Windows 7 Professional - 64-bit
8GB of RAM
Intel i3 Core Processor
I do have SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition Evaluation on this machine. And yes, I have removed it, cleared the registery, and tried to reinstall the CTP; yet I still receive the same errors.
Any thoughts?
Any additional information required?
July 17, 2010 at 9:37 am
Those CTPs have expiry dates built into them. Even if you do manage to get in installed, it won't run. why don't you download the evaluation version of 2008 and use that?
Or buy a copy of 2008 developer?
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
July 17, 2010 at 9:46 am
I believe Gail is correct. The CTPs usually expire after a year of release. So I wouldn't expect the last CTP to be installable.
SQL 2008 Evaluation or SQL 2008 R2 Eval would be a better choice.
July 17, 2010 at 10:38 am
I never knew that... Thank you
BTW - I did download the 2008 Enterprise Edition Eval from Micorsoft and it also throws the same errors in the same order. Could it be Windows 7 Professional? I upgraded to Professional for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services because the IIS controls in the Home Edition were not sufficient. When I read the hardware/software requirements, I don't see Windows 7 Professional in the list, but I do see Windows 7 Home.... Please tell me I'm wrong....
Thank you 😀
July 17, 2010 at 10:48 am
I don't think that Enterprise should run on Win 7. This doesn't list Win7 for Enterprise (which is what eval is based on, if I remember correctly)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506%28v=SQL.100%29.aspx#EEIA64
Developer is typically what people install on Win 7, however if you don't have that, you could use a VM to install it. There's a VHD download (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5cf93946-02ef-4783-b173-c59407ed5ccb&displaylang=en)
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