>>I have the latest MSDE installed on my computer and am trying to use Andrew Coates management tool but it cannot find the SQL namespace. Is there a separate install for the automation servers?
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>>Thanks
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>Glenn,
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>I haven't had experience with MSDE, but it should install if the Enterprise Manager is installed.

Thanks George,

But I do not have the enterprise manager, and the documentation says that SQL Namespace and SQL-DMO are available from MSDE. My only problem is that I cannot instanciate the object. Plus I cannot find the "SQLNS.SQLNamespace" using isComObject (Rick Strahl).

Glenn