I installed SQL 2008 Developer edition because the SQL 2005 Express edition I had been using isn't able to be accessed from web applications running outside the VS IIS instance and I needed to test an IIS hosted web service application.
The install took nearly 2 hours! Becuase I was installing SSIS, SSRS, and the other tools. It required an upgrade to .Net 3.5 SP1, VS 2008 SP1, in addition to 2.5 gb of HD space.
After the install, SQL 2005 Express could no longer access the databases so I had a momentary freak-out until I could mount them into SQL 2008, at which point I uninstalled SQL 2005 Express.
Upon attempting to connect from Dynamics NAV, I was reminded of the SQL setup you have to do for Dynamics NAV. I always seem to forget that, and I am not the only one as I have been onsite to implement behind another analyst a few times and found that the setup hadn't been completed. Here are the SQL modifications required for Dynamics NAV:
You have to set a trace flag by adding "-T 4616" to the startup parameter string:
You have to add two extended stored procedures (xp_ndo_enumusersids and xp_ndo_enumusergrous) to the master database and grant execute permissions to the public role as explained here:
As a side note, all clients from 4.0 SP3 and later are compatible with SQL 2008, so there is no reason to use SQL 2005 with new installs.
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