From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   > On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:46:03 +0200, Erland Sommarskog   
   > wrote:   
   >>A plain installation of SQL 2008 Express does not include SSMS. You   
   >>need SQL 2008 Express with Advanced Services, as I recall.   
   >   
   >      Oh, is that what the difference is?  (Well, I assume that is but   
   > one of them.)   
      
   SQL Express only is the engine and the command-line tools. Advanced Services   
   gives you quite a few more things. SSMS Express may also be a separate   
   download. I don't know these details on the top of my head.   
      
   >      I thought I had installed a plain installation in the past and   
   > gotten SSMS.   
      
   Apparently you didn't.   
      
   > Maybe, an SP did SSMS installation for me.   
      
   If you installed the service pack for a download that includes SSMS, yes.   
      
      
      
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   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
      
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