WIX database deployment, installation

Question

During my setup I give an option to use \"windows authentication\" OR \"server authetication\". Everything works fine and db gets installed as long as I do \"server authenti

Answer 1

I solved it and created WIX Database Installer like so:

Product.wxs:

    
        

        
        

        
        

        
            
            
            
        
        

        
        

        
        
            
        
        
       

        
        
        
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        DatabaseIntegratedAuth
        
    


    
        
            
                
                            
            

            
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                USEINTEGRATEDSECURITY = 1
                
                
            

        

    

    
        
            
            
            
            
        
    

Notice "Condition" operator based on Windows authentication vs. Server authentication.

Custom Action:

namespace CustomActions
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Data;
    using System.Data.SqlClient;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.Security.Principal;
    using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller;
    using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo;
    using View = Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.View;

    public static class CustomActions
    {
        #region Public Methods and Operators

        [CustomAction]
        public static ActionResult EnumerateSqlServers(Session session)
        {
            if (null == session)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("session");
            }

            session.Log("EnumerateSQLServers: Begin");

            // Check if running with admin rights and if not, log a message to
            // let them know why it's failing.
            if (false == HasAdminRights())
            {
                session.Log("EnumerateSQLServers: " + "ATTEMPTING TO RUN WITHOUT ADMIN RIGHTS");
                return ActionResult.Failure;
            }

            ActionResult result;

            DataTable dt = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(false);
            DataRow[] rows = dt.Select(string.Empty, "IsLocal desc, Name asc");
            result = EnumSqlServersIntoComboBox(session, rows);

            session.Log("EnumerateSQLServers: End");
            return result;
        }

        [CustomAction]
        public static ActionResult VerifySqlConnection(Session session)
        {
            try
            {
                //Debugger.Break();

                session.Log("VerifySqlConnection: Begin");

                var builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder
                                  {
                                      DataSource = session["DATABASE_SERVER"],
                                      InitialCatalog = "master",
                                      ConnectTimeout = 5
                                  };

                if (session["DATABASE_LOGON_TYPE"] != "DatabaseIntegratedAuth")
                {
                    builder.UserID = session["DATABASE_USERNAME"];
                    builder.Password = session["DATABASE_PASSWORD"];
                }
                else
                {
                    builder.IntegratedSecurity = true;
                }

                using (var connection = new SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString))
                {
                    if (connection.CheckConnection(session))
                    {
                        session["ODBC_CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED"] = "1";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        session["ODBC_CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED"] = string.Empty;
                    }
                }

                session.Log("VerifySqlConnection: End");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                session.Log("VerifySqlConnection: exception: {0}", ex.Message);
                throw;
            }

            return ActionResult.Success;
        }

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        private static ActionResult EnumSqlServersIntoComboBox(Session session, IEnumerable rows)
        {
            try
            {
                //Debugger.Break();

                session.Log("EnumSQLServers: Begin");

                View view = session.Database.OpenView("DELETE FROM ComboBox WHERE ComboBox.Property='DATABASE_SERVER'");
                view.Execute();

                view = session.Database.OpenView("SELECT * FROM ComboBox");
                view.Execute();

                Int32 index = 1;
                session.Log("EnumSQLServers: Enumerating SQL servers");
                foreach (DataRow row in rows)
                {
                    String serverName = row["Name"].ToString();

                    // Create a record for this web site. All I care about is
                    // the name so use it for fields three and four.
                    session.Log("EnumSQLServers: Processing SQL server: {0}", serverName);

                    Record record = session.Database.CreateRecord(4);
                    record.SetString(1, "DATABASE_SERVER");
                    record.SetInteger(2, index);
                    record.SetString(3, serverName);
                    record.SetString(4, serverName);

                    session.Log("EnumSQLServers: Adding record");
                    view.Modify(ViewModifyMode.InsertTemporary, record);
                    index++;
                }

                view.Close();

                session.Log("EnumSQLServers: End");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                session.Log("EnumSQLServers: exception: {0}", ex.Message);
                throw;
            }

            return ActionResult.Success;
        }

        private static bool HasAdminRights()
        {
            WindowsIdentity identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
            var principal = new WindowsPrincipal(identity);
            return principal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
        }

        private static bool CheckConnection(this SqlConnection connection, Session session)
        {
            try
            {
                if (connection == null)
                {
                    return false;
                }

                connection.Open();
                var canOpen = connection.State == ConnectionState.Open;
                connection.Close();

                return canOpen;
            }
            catch (SqlException ex)
            {
                session["ODBC_ERROR"] = ex.Message;
                return false;
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

MyWebUI.wxs

    
        

         
        

         
        

        

          
        
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                    Please enter a SQL instance and database name.
                
                
                
                    {\WixUI_Font_Title}SQL instance and database information.
                
                
            

            
            

                
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                    Please enter database configuration
                
                
                
                    {\WixUI_Font_Title}Database Settings
                
                
            

        
    

OUTPUT: a working db installer: