Reporting Services (SSRS)

Hey everyone...I'm completely new to SQL Server and I'm trying to learn the Reporting Services tool. I just installed SQL Server 2005 and selected to install all the options, atleast I'm 99.99% sure I did.

When I go to launch Report Services Configuration, I get "No report servers were found on the specified machine. Details: Invalid namespace". Do I need IIS for this to work?

Also, I do not think the AdventureWorks database was installed, I cannot seem to find it anywhere. I have tried to go back through and reinstall it, but it says that it is already installed.

Also, is there a certain order that you are supposed to install things? i.e. SQL Server before Visual Studios?

Thanks in advance.

*Edit* BTW, I'm using Windows XP, SQL Server Enterprise Edition, and VS.NET 2005.
YOu definetly need IIS to host Reporting Services. If you did not install that prior to the installation of Reporting Services / SQL Server 2005, the installer skipped the Reporting Services (server) part, although you might activated a "full installation". But at the beginning of the setup there should have been a warning at the prerequisites pages telling you that server components of Reporting Services will not be installed due to the lack of IIS.

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de
|||Do I have to again uninstall SQL Server 2005 and install it again or I coan now configure it to run RS?|||

Actually no. You will have to

-install IIS on your computer
-Register ASP.NET on the IIS instance again using aspnet_regiis -i on the commandline.
-Install Reporting Services
-Done.

HTH, jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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