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QUESTION POSED ON: 16 October 2007
I have installed SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Where (what folder) on my hard disk will the databases I create be stored? Can you also tell me where to find the stored procedures?

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SQL Express stores databases in the same way as any other edition of SQL Server. All databases are stored in the default data folder in your installation path. If this is your first installation of SQL Server, that path is C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData. All stored procedures will be stored inside the database for which they were created.

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