Getting Your Tools - Beginning C# 2008 Databases: From Novice to Professional - page 9

Installing the AdventureWorks Sample Database
For the purposes of this topic, you also must install the AdventureWorks database for
SQL Server 2005. This database, which contains data for a fictitious cycling company, is
a totally new one specially designed and developed for SQL Server 2005 only. To start,
you first install the AdventureWorks creation script, and then you create the database.
Installing the AdventureWorks Creation Script
To install the creation script for the AdventureWorks sample database, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the following URL: http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTDBProdSamples/
Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=5705 .
2. On the displayed page under the Files section, click AdventureWorksDB.msi . Accept
the license when prompted.
3. In the dialog box that opens, click Save, specify your install folder (such as the host
machine's desktop), and click Save.
4. When the download is complete, click Close.
5. Now run the AdventureWorksDB.msi file to start the installation process. A message
box will be followed by the Welcome window (see Figure 1-9). Click Next.
Figure 1-9. AdventureWorks InstallShield Wizard Welcome window