Re: can't find SQL query analyzer??

I am facing similar problem as yours. I installed MSDE (and hence I do not have Query Analyzer installed on my machine). So now when I am installing ASP.NET Portal (CSSDK) and choose 'local' database as the database to be connected, the installer opens up dialog box with the 'Test Connection' button and a non-editable drop-down list mentioning 'localhost' in it. The SQL Server that is running on my machine is under my machine name and hence the 'Test Connection' fails. Effectively I am not able to proceed if I choose 'local' as the database to be used while installing the Portal Starter Kit. So now I abort the installation and again begin to install, but this time with 'remote' as the option. But because  I do not have Query Analyzer, I am not able to run the SQL Scripts.

I am running Win XP Professional Edition. In the command prompt, I tried "osql Portal_CreateDB.sql", but it asks for username and password. Could you please help, how were you able to execute the SQL scripts from the command prompt. I wish, the installer that they created for Portal Starter kit should have been made more user interactive as to edit the 'localhost' name of the local database that it tries to connect for to the machine name under which the SQL Server is running.

Thanks