SQL Express DB Connection Error

Would appreciate any help.  Got this error message for the line highlighted below.

An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server.  When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server.  When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)
 Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim sqlConnection1 As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("server=(local);database=TestDB")

Dim cmd As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
cmd.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.Text
cmd.CommandText = "INSERT tblPlayer (PN, UN, Bld) VALUES ('Red','alpha1' 'blue')"

cmd.Connection = sqlConnection1

sqlConnection1.Open()
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
sqlConnection1.Close()

End Sub