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If all went well, it should be listed in the Databases folder in the Object Explorer in SSMS.
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If all went well, it should be listed in the Databases folder in the Object Explorer in SSMS.

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 I installed it 
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How did you do that?<br />
As stated above, did you check in SQL Server Management Studio for the database?<br />
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If you couldn't find it then AdventureWorks databases can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTDBProdSamples" rel="ugc">here</a>.
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> I installed it

How did you do that?
As stated above, did you check in SQL Server Management Studio for the database?

If you couldn't find it then AdventureWorks databases can be downloaded from here [http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTDBProdSamples].

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I downloaded this adventure works database &nbsp;(2005) for some stuff that i need. I installed it but not sure what the install actually accomplished. &nbsp;how do i add the database to my instance?<br />
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<a href="http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/4000" rel="ugc">http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/4000</a>
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I downloaded this adventure works database  (2005) for some stuff that i need. I installed it but not sure what the install actually accomplished.  how do i add the database to my instance?

http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/4000

Adventure works database .msi

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.