Error during SQL 2008 ( Enterprise edition) command prompt installation

• nikhil.verma

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  August 17, 2010 at 7:59 am

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  Hi All ,

  I am trying to install MSSQL 2008 using the below command.

  Setup.exe /CONFIGURATIONFILE=” C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20100817_185628 \ConfigurationFile.ini”.

  Find attach the word doc ( it contains configuration file ) .

  Can anyone please help on this. I was able tp install MSSQL successfully without using the configuration file. 😉

  ERROR MESSAGE :

  D:\ >Setup.exe /q /action=install /CONFIGURATIONFILE=" C:\Program Files\Mic

  rosoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20100817_185628 \ConfigurationFile.ini

  "Microsoft (R) SQL Server 2008 Setup 10.00.1600.22

  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  The following error occurred:

  '<null or empty string>' is not a valid value for setting 'ACTION'. Refer to Hel

  p for more information.

  Error result: -2068578304

  Result facility code: 1204

  Result error code: 0

  Please review the summary.txt log for further details

  For parameter Action its value is already set in the configuration file.

• Adiga

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  August 17, 2010 at 11:29 pm

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