What's a good way to download five SQL Server 2005 databases from production to my laptop for development work with Visual Studio?
Our application code is under source control, but to have a current development environment I must keep downloading these databases. Four databases are small, but one will need to be trimmed to about 10% of actual size to fit on my laptop's hard drive.
Looking at options in the Management Studio by right-clicking on each database, I see options to export the data, create a backup. Or, am I making this too hard and the easiest way would be to download some backups of the database created by the maintenance plan and use those to restore them on my laptop?
I want to jumpstart my learning of SQL Server so I downloaded the Express edition onto my desktop in the office and also onto my laptop. I usually connect the two machines (through a LAN) to update whatever I was able to do at home while in the office.
What should I do in order to view or edit whatever I started on the laptop from the desktop? Would the databases I create on one be accessible through the other machine for editing and the likes?
I have transferred my program to a 2000 server and while programming it was automatically using the local ASPNET login and when transferring it to the server it says that it is having problems logging into the sql server using an anonymous login. How do i change the program so that it can use the sa login or some other assigned login?
We have a laptop that has SQL 7 installed on it, and we would like to copy an existing database to the laptop. The laptop does not have any connectivity to our network. I did backup the database on the network, and place the backup copy on a CD. I then was hoping that I could create a new DB on the laptop and restore the copy from the CD. But, I have not been able to figure this out. Can anyone help?
i have a toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 laptop (15 GB and 64mb Ram and NT Server 4.0 service pack 6)...in other words enough space to install the two.. i installed SQL Server 7.0 (server)..it runs fine..but after this, when i install 6.5 on it, it goes thru the installation process and comes back with an error message saying 'access denied'...i have logged in as administrator so access rights should not be a problem...the CD is fine because i have done the same process on a desktop without errors...if someone can throw some light on this problem, it will be highly appreciated
I am trying to learn SQL and in order to do so i need to have a test database to test and practice my queries, unfortunately i dont have a server to hold a database on so im trying to create a new database on my laptop. I have the SQL statements that will create and populate a table, but everytime i try to create a new database i appempt to connect to localhost?? and try to create a database, but it says i dont have permission or the object doesnt exist...im confused. any help will be greatly appriciated.
I am trying to install MS SQL Express Advanced in my Laptop to be used in conjunction with ColdFusion programming environment. Abs newbe with MSSQL.
It looks like the Management Studio Express has not been installed. I have tried to install the 64bits stand alone from msdn.microsoft. but my processor does not support it.
i lost my laptop driver's cd,right now i am using windows XP professional.and laptop is of compaq v3000. so from where i get my laptops driver,can you help me out .?
i have problems connecting to the local server on my laptop. i ahve used the following code but it gives me an error saying login flaied for user "sa" or "sekhar".
i tried using the username and password i use to log onto my computer. but it doesnt work. can anyone tell me how to do it?
the code is typed is
connection = new sqlconnection("server=localhost;uid=sekhar;pwd=sekhar;database=chandu") ........................ ...................................... ............................... connection.open()..................i have all the next statements correct. my username is sekhar and the password is sekhar too but it gives me an error. somebody help me
:confused: I have a strange problem, and I need to know what would be the source of this. I have a laptop computer with the following configuration:
Pentium III Brand :Toshiba Speed: 500 Mhz RAM : 192 MB Hard Disk :6 GB Space Available:4 GB O.S.:Windows 98
The computer works pretty good and run different applications. I was trying to install MS-SQLSERVER 2000 and I checked out the software and hardware requierements for that and everything seems to be fine. The reason that I need it its because of my trips, and its incredible I have a desktop computer with almost the same configuration and runs pretty good.
When you have a problem installing SQL-SERVER 2000 you have a file called cnfgsvr with all the explanation. I got this at hand so you can see better the problem:
14:37:29 End Action: Locked Connectivity Files Check 14:37:29 El programa de instalación está instalando Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)... 14:37:29 E:X86Othersqlredis.exe /q:a /C:"setupre.exe WARN=1 -s -SMS" 14:38:10 ExitCode: 0 14:38:10 El programa de instalación está instalando Microsoft Management Console (MMC) ... 14:38:10 E:X86Otherinstmmc.exe /Q 14:38:36 Process Exit Code: (0) 14:38:36 Se está instalando el Coordinador de transacciones distribuidas de Microsoft (MSDTC)... 14:38:36 E:X86Otherdtcsetup.exe /q:a /r:n 14:38:53 Process Exit Code: (0) 14:38:53 /Q:A /T:C:WINDOWSTEMPixp001.tmp 14:38:53 El programa de instalación está instalando la Ayuda HTML... 14:38:55 HTML Help installer exit code: 0 14:39:18 End Action InstallPkgs 14:39:18 Begin Action MoveFileData: 14:39:18 Enabled SELFREGISTERBATCH 14:39:18 Enabled CORECOMPONENTHANDLING 14:42:27 ComponentMoveData exit code: -117 14:42:27 ComponentMoveData: -117 14:42:51 No se puede leer el archivo especificado. Puede ser a causa de una conexión de red de bajo rendimiento. Corrija el problema y reinicie el programa de instalación. ( This message says that the computer can not read the specified file or its a problem related to a network connection of low performance. According to the message here shown, I have to fix the problem and reinstall. ) I did it, even I deleted the entries related to this on the windows registry and after restarting the problem stills...
On the other hand, I tried to install MS-SQLSERVER 7.0 ( you know if I can get do it with MS-SQLSERVER 2000 ) and this is what I got :
2005-02-17 13:08:26.77 kernel Microsoft SQL Server 7.00 - 7.00.623 (Intel X86) Nov 27 1998 22:20:07 Copyright (c) 1988-1998 Microsoft Corporation Desktop Edition on Windows 4.10 (Build 2222: A )
2005-02-17 13:08:26.84 kernel Copyright 1987-1998 Microsoft Corporation. 2005-02-17 13:08:26.84 kernel Reservados todos los derechos. 2005-02-17 13:08:26.84 kernel Registrando los mensajes de SQL Server en el archivo 'C:MSSQL7logERRORLOG'. 2005-02-17 13:08:27.00 kernel initconfig: número de conexiones de usuario limitado a 32767. 2005-02-17 13:08:27.01 kernel SQL Server se iniciará con clase de prioridad 'normal'( se detectó 1 CPU). 2005-02-17 13:08:27.21 kernel User Mode Scheduler configured for thread processing 2005-02-17 13:08:28.61 server Directory Size: 8087 2005-02-17 13:08:28.68 spid1 Using dynamic lock allocation. [500] Lock Blocks, [1000] Lock Owner Blocks 2005-02-17 13:08:28.74 spid1 failed to get sqlservr image range 2005-02-17 13:08:28.78 spid1 Advertencia ****************** 2005-02-17 13:08:28.79 spid1 SQL Server iniciado en modo de usuario único. Se permiten las actualizaciones en los catálogos del sistema. 2005-02-17 13:08:28.79 spid1 Advertencia ****************** 2005-02-17 13:08:28.79 spid1 Recovering only master database 2005-02-17 13:08:28.85 spid1 Iniciando la base de datos 'master'. 2005-02-17 13:08:28.85 spid1 Opening file C:MSSQL7datamaster.mdf. 2005-02-17 13:08:28.97 spid1 Opening file C:MSSQL7datamastlog.ldf. 2005-02-17 13:08:29.06 spid1 Cargando el método de intercalación Unicode de SQL Server. 2005-02-17 13:08:29.16 spid1 Cargando el orden y conjunto de caracteres no Unicode de SQL Server. 2005-02-17 13:08:29.41 spid1 4 transacciones confirmadas en la base de datos 'master' (1). 2005-02-17 13:08:29.41 spid1 0 transacciones deshechas en la base de datos 'master' (1). 2005-02-17 13:08:29.65 spid1 El servidor no tiene nombre. 2005-02-17 13:08:29.65 kernel Se utiliza 'SQLEVN70.DLL' versión '7.00.623'. 2005-02-17 13:08:29.72 kernel Se utiliza 'OPENDS60.DLL' versión '7.00.00.0623'. 2005-02-17 13:08:29.83 ods Utilizando 'SSMSSH70.DLL' versión '7.0.623' para escuchar en ''. 2005-02-17 13:08:29.89 ods Utilizando 'SSMSSO70.DLL' versión '7.0.623' para escuchar en '1433'. 2005-02-17 13:08:30.09 ods Utilizando 'SSMSRP70.DLL' versión '7.0.623' para escuchar en '3110CT'. 2005-02-17 13:08:31.11 spid1 El método de intercalación Unicode de SQL Server es: 2005-02-17 13:08:31.11 spid1 'English' (Id. = 1033). 2005-02-17 13:08:31.11 spid1 estilo de comparación = 196609. 2005-02-17 13:08:31.11 spid1 El orden no Unicode de SQL Server es: 2005-02-17 13:08:31.11 spid1 'nocase_iso' (Id. = 52). 2005-02-17 13:08:31.11 spid1 El juego de caracteres no Unicode de SQL Server es: 2005-02-17 13:08:31.11 spid1 'iso_1' (Id. = 1). 2005-02-17 13:08:31.19 kernel Warning: override, autoexec procedures skipped. 2005-02-17 13:10:23.67 kernel SQL Server terminará debido a una petición de 'detención' del Administrador de control de servicios.
Accordiing to the message shown in the bottom line, we may see its like the installation were stopped because of a request of the Control Service Manager. I never stop the installation or something like that but I dont have a clue why or where is the problem here.
My desktop computer is standalone and works without problems. Of course I read that if you have PWS ( Personal Web Server ) running you may need to stop that first, and then proceed. I did it and it never worked.
If you have any suggestion about it, this would be greatly appreciated.
I have the standard edition of SQL Server 2005 installed on a WIN XP Pro machine. I setup file and print sharing with my laptop. What do I need to be able to connect to SQL Server on my WIN XP Pro machine from my laptop. I hope to do most of my developing on my laptop. Do I need the developers edition of SQL server 2005 installed on my laptop?
We have a SQL 2005 box that requires windows authentication but I have to connect a laptop that is not part of the domain. Is there any way to do this? Per company policy, the SQL server cannot be changed to use SQL Auth AND Windows Auth. Also per policy, the user's laptop cannot be joined to the domain since it's not a company laptop.
I've tried using the following command: net use \SQLServerNameipc$ /user:DomainNameDomainAccount Password
and then using enterprise manager to register the sql server but it still says that the computer is not trusted.
Is there something else to this that I am missing or is this just not possible?
Can someone please tell me if i can use SQL Server 2005 on my standalone laptop, and how do i connect, i dont know how to set up the password so i can connect
Im trying to install SQL Server 2000 and 2005 on my XP SP2 laptop. If I can do so, which versions(i.e. standard, express, desktop, etc) are compatible ?
I have above server and I cannot install MS.SQL server on it.I have WIN-xp professional.I tried sql 2000 personal version as well as sql 2000 professional version,it says "cannot install on this operating system "I would appreciate if someone please help me.Thanks.
A user is having issues with replication. The message states it can'tfind a database. This database is on the distributor. When I go toEnterprise manager and add that server with a valid logon (I eventried logging on as sa), and I look at the databases. They are NOTthe databases that exist on that server. They are the databases thatare on the client (laptop)'s SQL Server. I've reinstalled sp3 (SQL2000), and rebooted. Went to SQL Query Analyzer and connected to thatserver, and still could not see the databases that exist on thatserver (still showing the local sql server's databases).I can connect to the publisher, and other servers that are running sqlserver, and they show the correct databases. No one else is havingthis problem.Has anyone out there ever seen this before? (I couldn't find a viruson the laptop either).Thanks,Amy M
If my laptop goes into standby with the MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS service running, the service will not start again. I get the following error messages in my log:
2006-03-06 20:49:08.45 Server This instance of SQL Server last reported using a process ID of 1764 at 3/6/2006 1:48:21 PM (local) 3/6/2006 9:48:21 PM (UTC). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2006-03-06 20:49:08.45 Server Error: 17053, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2006-03-06 20:49:08.45 Server UpdateUptimeRegKey: Operating system error 5(Access is denied.) encountered.
2006-03-06 20:49:08.45 Server Registry startup parameters:
2006-03-06 20:49:08.45 Server -d c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDATAmaster.mdf
2006-03-06 20:49:08.45 Server -e c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLLOGERRORLOG
2006-03-06 20:49:08.45 Server -l c:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDATAmastlog.ldf
2006-03-06 20:49:08.56 Server SQL Server is starting at normal priority base (=7). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2006-03-06 20:49:08.56 Server Detected 1 CPUs. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2006-03-06 20:49:09.32 Server Using dynamic lock allocation. Initial allocation of 2500 Lock blocks and 5000 Lock Owner blocks per node. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2006-03-06 20:49:09.35 Server Database Mirroring Transport is disabled in the endpoint configuration.
2006-03-06 20:49:09.35 spid5s Starting up database 'master'.
2006-03-06 20:49:09.68 spid5s SQL Trace ID 1 was started by login "sa".
2006-03-06 20:49:09.76 spid5s Starting up database 'mssqlsystemresource'.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 spid5s Failed to check for new installation or a renamed server at startup. The logic for this check has failed unexpectedly. Run setup again, or fix the problematic registry key.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server Error: 17182, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0x5, status code 0x90.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server Error: 17182, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0x5, status code 0x1.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server Error: 17826, Severity: 18, State: 3.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server Could not start the network library because of an internal error in the network library. To determine the cause, review the errors immediately preceding this one in the error log.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server Error: 17120, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2006-03-06 20:49:10.03 Server SQL Server could not spawn FRunCM thread. Check the SQL Server error log and the Windows event logs for information about possible related problems.
Uninstalling, reinstalling and restoring the databases fixes the problem. Also, is there anyway to gracefully shut down the service on standby? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I just recently replaced my old HP laptop with a Sony VAIO. I installed all of my development software on it, including SQL Server 2005 and the studio. At some point when I am using the studio on this new laptop, if I try to resize any of the columns to better fit the data, it crashes my laptop. I get the infamous Blue Screen of Death.
The laptop is a Sony Vaio BX670P and it has Win XP SP2 with all of the latest and greatest updates loaded on it.
The BSD blames a driver for causing the crash and points out "win32k.exe" specifically. This has never happened to me before.
Dear group:I have removed my hard drive from my laptop (which is now toast) andhave managed to recover nearly all the data from it by installing thedrive into my desktop. I was hoping to reboot the dektop to see if Icould load the operating system on the laptop's hard drive so I coulddo a manual backup of the SQL database on it. This does not work.Does anyone know of a way to recover my SQL database and all its tablesgiven the circumstances above?TIAISZ
When using my Work laptop while at home, how can I log into an SQLServer Express 2005 database on a home server, using Windows Authentication, without having to VPN in and log onto the network at Work? If I VPN into work then I can connect to my home db just fine.
I have a laptop which I carry from work to home each day. I'm a Domain Admin at work so my network login name is DOMAINjoe. At home I have 5 PCs in a home network, WorkGroup is WORKGROUP. When I carry my laptop home I log in exactly as I do at work. All is fine. File sharing, printer sharing, & internet all work between my 5 PCs.
I installed SQLServer Express 2005 on a home PC I use as a server (Vista Business edition). Home server's name is STAR. I developed a database called AddressBk on my laptop (Visual Studio 2008) using my laptop's local copy of SQLServerExpress. App works fine. I copied the Db files onto my home server STAR. My user name on STAR is Joe2, so while logged onto Star as Joe2 I used Star's SQLServer Management Studio Express to connect the AddressBk db to Star's copy of SQLServer Express. All is fine.
Now if I use my LapTop on my home network and try to connect to AddressBk on STAR I get a connection error. I get the error whether connecting using SQLServer Management Studio Express or using Visual Studio 2008. The SQLServer Management Studio Express connection screen shows I'm connecting using Windows Authentication and my User Name is DOMAINjoe. I presume this is the problem as I can not add a user on Star with a Domain Name. Other PCs on my home network can connect to AddressBk db on Star without a problem. If my labtop VPNs into work then I can connect just fine.
Here is the connection string my App uses. Data Source=STARSQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=AddressBk;Integrated Security=True;connection timeout=60
How can I connect to my db without having to VPN into work?
I have an automation project to review the software. The software is using MSVS2012 and uses DBs from MSSQL2012. Is it possible to restore the DB files on my local laptop to review the code completed thus far? If so what other software would I need besides MSQLserver 2012 on my local laptop.  I'm able to use MSSQL server 2012 on my local laptop, but the DBs are on servers.Â
I want to get into consulting (perhaps a little at first and more once I can support myself on it solely). I am about to start the purchase of a laptop soon, and I want to know which components I should focus on the most. I also want to know which version of SQL Server I should purchase.
From my studies and what I have learned (about to take the test to get my sql server 2005 certificate) I am going to assume that I want to get SQL Server 2005 developer software. However, the part that is not touched on very often, is if I am working with a client that has say, SQL Server 2005 enterprise, x64 exition, and I have developer IA64 edition, would I be able to connect and work on their server?
As far as the hardware is concerned, I am thinking I want a laptop with a large enough screen (I currently get a discount through hp where I currently work and am looking at the models that have a 17 inch screen) so I don't go blind trying to work . I am also thinking I don't need an extremely powerful processor, but I am not sure between athlon and pentium on which I Should choose since I do not have much experience in this area with sql server. I know I want at least 2GB of memory for the simple fact that sql server isnt the only thing I will be doing on the laptop and want some headroom. I also want a large enough hard drive to hold everything, but I definitely want to see if I can get a 7200rpm drive vs a 5400rpm for the simple fact that I have noticed a significant difference in read and write speeds between the 2 drives. I am not too fussed over the video card, as I am not into graphics design or high-end video games (I think world of warcraft is the most intense I have bought in years). I am also thinking that because I wont need to have a very powerful video card, that a mega powerful battery is not super important.
These so far are my thoughts. Please let me know your opinions on what I should focus on/get
I want to buy a laptop, so that I can install and play with the trial SS 2005 Enterprise Edition and hopefully get familiar with SSIS. At work I have only used SS 2000. I want a laptop which will run this with a reasonable speed, but don't want to pay for more juice than is actually required. Does anyone have any advice on what kind of spec would be good enough for SS 2005 Enterprise? If I go for the basics suggested by the system requirements, will it run like a tortoise?
I have a new Windows 8.1 64-bit machine onto which I have installed everything that I had on my previous Windows 7 machine. Occasionally I like to use the Copy Database Wizard in SQL 2012 to create a copy of a database on my stand-alone laptop before I begin a new stage of development on it. However, I have failed to run it successfully on my new Windows 8 laptop, despite everything apart from the operating system being identical to my Windows 7 machine, on which I never encountered a problem.
do not suggest using backup instead of the Copy Database Wizard, as if something has worked for me perfectly for 15 years I would like to know why it does not work now. The error message that I receive is shown at the end of this message.
The log-on accounts for SQL Server Agent and SQL Server Integration Services 11.0 are NT ServiceSQLSERVERAGENT and NT ServiceMsDtsServer110 respectively, as they were on my Windows 7 machine. All services are running. Why I receive the error stating, "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow" for every database that I have tried to copy, including a new database with no tables that I created to see if I still received this error. As I said, the problem relates to trying to copy databases onto the same machine on which the original database exists.
Event Name: OnError Message: Failed to connect to server XXXXXXX. StackTrace:Â Â Â at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ConnectionManager.Connect() Â Â at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.TransferObjectsTask.TransferObjectsTask.OpenConnection(Server& server, ServerProperty serverProp) InnerException-->Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
Alter failed for Database 'Northwind'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
The server network address "TCP://kookaburra.sydney.ssw.com.au:5022" can not be reached or does not exist. Check the network address name and that the ports for the local and remote endpoints are operational. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1418)
I could connect to both instances:
C:Documents and SettingsSergeiTchernykh.SSW2000>sqlcmd -U sa -P <password> -S k ookaburra,5022 1> exit C:Documents and SettingsSergeiTchernykh.SSW2000>sqlcmd -U sa -P <password> -S k ookaburrasydney2005,5023 1> exit
I could ping my laptop
C:Documents and SettingsSergeiTchernykh.SSW2000>ping -a kookaburra
Pinging kookaburra.sydney.ssw.com.au [10.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 10.0.0.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
I am attempting to install SQL Server 2005 on a Laptop with Windows 2003 Standard Edition.
The installation fails and the File Summary.txt has the following entries:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.1399.06 ============================== OS Version : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family, Standard Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 3790) Time : Fri Nov 30 09:36:53 2007
Machine : SAPDEMO Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English) Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGFilesSQLSetup0006_SAPDEMO_SQLSupport_1.log -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine : SAPDEMO Product : Microsoft SQL Server Native Client Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGFilesSQLSetup0006_SAPDEMO_SQLNCLI_1.log -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine : SAPDEMO Product : Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGFilesSQLSetup0006_SAPDEMO_SqlWriter_1.log -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine : SAPDEMO Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English) Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGFilesSQLSetup0006_SAPDEMO_SQLSupport_2.log -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine : SAPDEMO Product : Microsoft SQL Server Native Client Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGFilesSQLSetup0006_SAPDEMO_SQLNCLI_2.log -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine : SAPDEMO Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Books Online (English) Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGFilesSQLSetup0006_SAPDEMO_BOL_1.log -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine : SAPDEMO Product : SQLXML4 Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Successful Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGFilesSQLSetup0006_SAPDEMO_SQLXML4_1.log -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SQL Server Setup failed. For more information, review the Setup log file in %ProgramFiles%Microsoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGSummary.txt.
I am trying to connect a new LBM Laptop to an SQL server on thenetworkand I get "test connection failed because of an error in initializingprovider, [dbnetlib][connectionopren(connect()),] SQL server does notexist or access denied. The laptom has sql server running on itlocally and I am trying to connect to an SQL server on the network.ThanksTom
Ok, this is my setup; Laptop Installed Visual Web Developer ExpressInstalled SQL Server Express Server Windows 2003 serverIIS is working and runs asp 2.0 scriptsInstalled SQL Server 2005 which is running, has remote connections enabled and the SQL browser is also runningThe windows firewall is turned OFF Router I have opened port 1433 to point to the server(TCP) and 1434 to point to the server (UPD) The Problem Locally on my laptop everything works fine, I can't actually see SQL Express but if I enter MICKEYsqlexpress then connecting to databases works fine.I've setup ftp on the server and I've created a new website using VWD on my laptop, it's connected via FTP and created the website fine, and it runs no problem. I am in a remote location so I am not connected to the local network, but even if I connect to the local network using VPN I still cannot get this to work. The problem is I am unable to get VWD to connect to SQL on my server. I've tried installing VWD on the server, and it seems the SQL server fine, and shows as just the server name which is "GOOFY". In VWD on my laptop I've tried entering the server as just "GOOFY" and also "GOOFYmssqlserver" and on both occassions I can an error message saying that a connection to the server couldnt be reached, and it's usually because the server is not setup to accept remove connections (but mine is). It also says something about "Named Pipe", but I've checked the server and that option is not enabled, I have TCP/IP enabled on the SQL server of the server. Can anyone help me to make a remote sql connection to my server?
Everything I read says RS for SQL 2000 is free. However, I cannot find anything except evaluation versions from MS. Is it no-longer free with SQL Server 2000?
