is sql server 2005 a standalone install? Or do you have to install windows server

I have never installed sql server before and I didnt know if I just take the sql server 2005 standard edition media and boot off it and do a fresh install that way or do I have to install Windows server

SQL Server is "just" a database*. You need an underlying operating system in place before you attempt to install it. For SQL Server 2005, supported operating systems are Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Not all versions of SQL Server 2005 are supported on all these operating systems, but I believe the standard edition of SQL is.

Paul

*Well, a database and tools and report server and... But it's not an operating system.

|||thanks, that exacty what i needed to hear.

Is osql standalone?

Hello all,
I want to know if I can start the osql utility from a computer without SQL
Server, MSDE, etc. Is this file standalone?
Thanks,
SorinYou must have installed sql connectivity, and Osql, but the server stuff is
not required.
--
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Sorin R" <Sorin R@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C835563-3A84-4F9B-ABA6-B69131FD1C89@.microsoft.com...
> Hello all,
> I want to know if I can start the osql utility from a computer without SQL
> Server, MSDE, etc. Is this file standalone?
> Thanks,
> Sorin|||ok...thanks a lot
Sorin
"Wayne Snyder" wrote:
> You must have installed sql connectivity, and Osql, but the server stuff is
> not required.
> --
> Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
> Mariner, Charlotte, NC
> www.mariner-usa.com
> (Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
> I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
> community of SQL Server professionals.
> www.sqlpass.org
> "Sorin R" <Sorin R@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0C835563-3A84-4F9B-ABA6-B69131FD1C89@.microsoft.com...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I want to know if I can start the osql utility from a computer without SQL
> > Server, MSDE, etc. Is this file standalone?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sorin
>
>

Is osql standalone?

Hello all,
I want to know if I can start the osql utility from a computer without SQL
Server, MSDE, etc. Is this file standalone?
Thanks,
Sorin
You must have installed sql connectivity, and Osql, but the server stuff is
not required.
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Sorin R" <Sorin R@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C835563-3A84-4F9B-ABA6-B69131FD1C89@.microsoft.com...
> Hello all,
> I want to know if I can start the osql utility from a computer without SQL
> Server, MSDE, etc. Is this file standalone?
> Thanks,
> Sorin
|||ok...thanks a lot
Sorin
"Wayne Snyder" wrote:

> You must have installed sql connectivity, and Osql, but the server stuff is
> not required.
> --
> Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
> Mariner, Charlotte, NC
> www.mariner-usa.com
> (Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
> I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
> community of SQL Server professionals.
> www.sqlpass.org
> "Sorin R" <Sorin R@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0C835563-3A84-4F9B-ABA6-B69131FD1C89@.microsoft.com...
>
>

Is osql standalone?

Hello all,
I want to know if I can start the osql utility from a computer without SQL
Server, MSDE, etc. Is this file standalone?
Thanks,
SorinYou must have installed sql connectivity, and Osql, but the server stuff is
not required.
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
www.sqlpass.org
"Sorin R" <Sorin R@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C835563-3A84-4F9B-ABA6-B69131FD1C89@.microsoft.com...
> Hello all,
> I want to know if I can start the osql utility from a computer without SQL
> Server, MSDE, etc. Is this file standalone?
> Thanks,
> Sorin|||ok...thanks a lot
Sorin
"Wayne Snyder" wrote:

> You must have installed sql connectivity, and Osql, but the server stuff i
s
> not required.
> --
> Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
> Mariner, Charlotte, NC
> www.mariner-usa.com
> (Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
> I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
> community of SQL Server professionals.
> www.sqlpass.org
> "Sorin R" <Sorin R@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0C835563-3A84-4F9B-ABA6-B69131FD1C89@.microsoft.com...
>
>