command line uninstall of sql express 2005

Another developer is writing the install/uninstall for our app and we're not
sure about the best way to uninstall the database component when the app is
uninstalled. Basically our app installs sql express 2005 ( + other .net stuff
) during install using the command line options and that works great. When it
comes to uninstall we have only one option at the moment - have the user go
to the control panel and manually uninstall the db. Is there an automated way
to remove the db from a machine or a way to issue a batchfile command w/
params? The user doesn't need to maintain this special db instance so want to
remove it automatically.
thanks,
Paul.
hi Paul,
paul wrote:
> Another developer is writing the install/uninstall for our app and
> we're not sure about the best way to uninstall the database component
> when the app is uninstalled. Basically our app installs sql express
> 2005 ( + other .net stuff ) during install using the command line
> options and that works great. When it comes to uninstall we have only
> one option at the moment - have the user go to the control panel and
> manually uninstall the db. Is there an automated way to remove the db
> from a machine or a way to issue a batchfile command w/ params? The
> user doesn't need to maintain this special db instance so want to
> remove it automatically.
> thanks,
> Paul.
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