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Article: 282603
Title: How to Upgrade from MSDE to SQL Server 2005 Express
This article applies to: MIP Fund Accounting, version 10.1 and greater.
Question
How do I upgrade my existing instance of MIP Fund Accounting so it uses
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express instead of MSDE?
Answer
Starting with version 9.0, the installation CD for MIP Fund Accounting contains
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express instead of the older SQL Server 2000
Desktop Engine (MSDE). Existing users will most likely be using MSDE unless
they own full SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition. In order to
take advantage of the newer SQL technology it will be necessary to backup your
organization database(s) and the system database (npssqlsys), remove the
existing MIP Server and MSDE instance, then install SQL 2005 Express and the
MIP Server from the v10.1 (or greater) CD. SQL Server 2005 Express offers
increased maximum database size (4GB), a graphical user interface (SQL
Server 2005 Management Studio Express), and it does not have the MSDE
workload governor.
IMPORTANT!
 The first step is to backup all organization database(s) and the system
database (npssqlsys). The uninstall process will not remove files which
were not installed by MIP or Microsoft, but it is the best practice to have
current backups when performing a significant operation.
 If you plan on making a copy of MIP Share to protect custom formats or
other files, please move the copy of MIP Share to another computer or
suitable backup media before you reinstall MIP. Copies of MIP Share may
confuse the installation routine and cause problems.
1. On the computer where MIP Fund Accounting Server is installed, go into
Control Panel and open Add or Remove Programs. Uninstall all
components related to MIP Fund Accounting in the following order. (If you
have multiple instances of SQL on the server and need to identify which
one MIP is using, go into the registry – HKLM>Software>MIPServer and
look at the ServerName value).
i.
MIP Fund Accounting Workstation – (if it exists)
ii.
Desktop – (if it exists)
iii.
MIP Fund Accounting Server
iv.
MIP Fund Accounting Sample Organization – (if it exists)
v.
vi.
Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MIP_Engine) – Note:
MIP_Engine is the default name; your instance could be different.
Microsoft Merge Modules for MIP Fund Accounting
NOTE: The example above is for version 8.x. If you’re using v10.x, simply
navigate to \MIP Share\Setup and run the Uninstall.exe file. That will
remove all of the workstation components automatically. You would then
remove the MIP Fund Accounting Server and the Microsoft SQL Server
Desktop Engine to complete the uninstall process on the MIP Server
computer.
2. The files and folders left behind will be your organization database(s) and
your backup files. Do not delete any files or folders at this point. If MSDE
was installed using the default path (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL$MIP_ENGINE\Data), the Data folder will contain your
organization database. You may leave it here for the moment. In this
example, MyDatabase is the live production database I had been using
before uninstalling MIP.
3. All backups made by the MIP backup utility (*.NPS) will be in the Backup
folder right above the Data folder unless the location was changed. These
locations will be relevant after MIP Fund Accounting has been reinstalled.
4. Please locate the MIP Share folder if you have more than one drive or
partition on the server. Custom formats will remain behind in the
<DriveLetter>:\MIP Share\Formats folder, for example, and you will want
to reinstall MIP Share to the same location so those files will be available.
If MIP Share was removed during the uninstall process, that means all
files were installed by MIP and will be reinstalled from the CD.
5. Please verify that Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is installed before you try
to install the MIP Server. Go to Control Panel and open Add or Remove
Programs to determine if Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is installed.
(Note: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is considered part of the operating
system for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Vista.)
6. Insert the v10.1 or greater CD to install MIP Fund Accounting and choose
the radio button for SQL Express (To be installed from the CD).
7. Name your SQL instance and provide a password for the SA user.
(NOTE: In this example, the previous SQL instance name was
MIP_Engine. To prevent confusion about which version of SQL Server
you are using with MIP, it would help if you named the instance something
other than MIP_Engine. However, changing the SQL instance name
would require you uninstall and reinstall all MIP Fund Accounting
Workstations on the network so they would have the correct registry
entries. You may use the previous instance name, if desired. In this
example, the instance name would be MIP_ENGINE instead of
SQLExpress.)
8. Follow the installation wizard until MIP Fund Accounting Server and
Workstation are installed.
9. Move the backups you made of your organization database(s) and system
database (npssqlsys) from the old Backup folder under C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$MIP_Engine\Backup to the Backup
folder created by the SQL 2005 Express installation – C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Backup.
10. Go into the Administration Module using the Admin user and restore
npssqlsys from the Backup folder for SQL 2005 Express to restore MIP
users. Finally, restore your organization database(s) – DO NOT restore
an organization database using npssqlsys from the drop-down menu.
New installations require that you type in the organization database name
in the Restore to Database field; once restored, the database name will be
in the drop-down for future use.
11. At this point MIP Fund Accounting has been successfully migrated from
MDSE to SQL Server 2005 Express. You may delete the
MSSQL$MIP_ENGINE folder at this time as it is no longer used by MIP
Fund Accounting.