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) (Microsoft SQL Server, error:2)
The above error message appeared either way - Windows Authentication or SQL Server Authentication.
I am not trying to connect any remote Server or Database, everything is installed on the local computer. the server name is my local computer name.
SQL Browser is disabled.
I can run SQLCMD -S SQLEXPRESS
:ServerList
I can see my computer name on the list there.
So.. any reason why I cannot connect to local SQL Database?
I have a database in my "App_Data" folder of my visual studio project. I can view it fine in Visual Studio's built-in tools for managing a database attached to a solution. However i recently started playing around with the SQL Server Management Studio Express program. When i attach my database to Management Studio, and try to run my program it crashes. I think it might be a permissions error?!? When i detatch it and reattach it in visual studio it runs fine again. Any suggestions? ThanksJason
I have recently installed the SQL Server Management Studio Express but I do not find Management Tools in order to create scheduled backups and shrinking of the databases. I was under the impression that this should be included in the Management Studio. I use the SQL 2005 Express for smaller customers who run the SQL on a desktop unit. I need a way to backup the data to a server machine for backup purposes. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail.
When I downloaded/started using Visual Web Developer I was under the impression that I needed to install SQL Server Management Studio Express in order to create/manage databases, and to provide the engine to access the data. Since then I have found tutorials and have successfully created/used databases solely from within Visual Web Developer. I'm assuming that Visual Web Developer includes a database engine, much like the webserver that is included. (This is an awesome thing). When I tried to upload my web application with database to my production server, the database would not work, it started working after I installed SQL Server Management Studio Express on the server. Is it my understanding that you need SQL Server Management Studio Express if you do not have Visual Web Developer Express installed in order to provide the data access engine? Also, I am unable to "attach" my Visual Web Developer Express created database to SQL Server Management Studio Express. Are there any posts that provide more information about this topic?
The only reason I'm asking is that I have extra whitespace on the end of my text fields, and I thought ANSI_PADDING was turned on. I do not see the option in Visual Web Developer Express, but have found it in SQL Server Management Studio Express.
For the first time, I want to set up the configuration of my SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) to allow me in doing the non-User-Instance/ADO.NET 2.0 programming from my VB 2005 Express. The SSMSE and VB 2005 Express are in my Windows XP Pro PC that is part of our NT 4 LAN System in our office. I read the article "How to configure SQL Server 2005 to allow remotre connections" in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914277/ about (i) "Enable remote connections for SQL Server 2005 Express", (ii) Enable the SQL Server Browser service", (iii) Create exception in Windows Firewall, and (iv) Create an exception for the SQL Server Browser service in Windows Firewall. I entered the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration and I could not decide what options I should take for doing the non-User-Instance/ADO.NET 2.0 programming from my VB 2005 Express. I have the following questions on the page of "Minimize SQL Server 2005 Surface Area": (1) I saw "Configure Surface Area for localhost [change computer]". I clicked on [change computer] and I saw the following: Select Computer The Surface Area Configuration of this surface area of this computer or a remote computer. Specify a computer to configure: O Local computer O Remote computer Should I choose the "Local computer" or the "Remote computer" option? (2) Below the "Configure Surface Area for localhost [change computer]", I clicked on "Surface Area Configuration for Service and Connections", Select a component and then configure its services and connections: |-| SQLEXPRESS |-| Database Engine Service I picked => Remote Connection On the right-hand side, there are: O Local connections only O Local and remorte connections O Using TCP/IP O Using named pipes only O Using both TCP/IP and named pipes Should I choose O Local and remorte connections and O Using named pipes only?
Please help and tell me what options I should choose in (1) and (2).
I am a newbie so i apologies beforehand for any mistakes i make on this forum. Anyway, i created an asp.net website using the MS Visual Web developer tool. This has a couple of SQL SERVER databases within it. I then latervinstalled the SQL SERVER management studio express in order to manage the SQL SERVER DBs that i had as part of my website but they do not appear within the management studio db list. As this is the express version, is there anyway of importing the existing SQL SERVER dbs that i have to the management studio so i can manage them from there?
As I said in the subject I've a problem trying to restore a backup of a previous db created in sql 2000 server
When I try to do it I recive the following message:
____________________________________________________________________________________ System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Il set di backup include il backup di un database diverso dal database 'musica2007' esistente. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)
------------------------------ For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.2047.00&LinkId=20476
------------------------------ Program Location:
in Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExecutionManager.ExecuteNonQueryWithMessage(StringCollection queries, ServerMessageEventHandler dbccMessageHandler, Boolean errorsAsMessages) in Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupRestoreBase.ExecuteSql(Server server, StringCollection queries) in Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore.SqlRestore(Server srv) ____________________________________________________________________________________
What should I do? What's the probem? I've already tried to look for the solution in other messages but I didn't find anything..... Thanks for help,,, by Luke
I've seen the following error posted when people try to connect to their server via their applications but didn't see anyone having problems when trying to connect with SQL Server Management Studio Express. Am I missing something here? This is the error:<<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)(Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2)>>The server is not remote so I don't see why I need to enable remote connection. I am also using the default connection settings.
On my home machine without permanent network connections enabled, I cannot get the Management Studio connect to the database server. Always get this error:
Cannot connect ot MPLIAMSQLEXPRESS
Additional Information:
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: SQL Network Interfaces, erro: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)(Microsoft SQL Server)
I have used the SQL Surface Area Configuration Tool to reset the defaults to allow remote connections, stopped and restarted the server, but still get the same message.
Really confused ... I created 2 tables in a VB Express program (which went well). Problem is that I can't see/find those tables with MSME. I don't really understand how to connect the MSME to where the tables are. I created the tables under My DocumentsData and they are DBapp.mdf + DBapp_log.LDF and the tables are Items and Preferences. The VB application can "see" the tables OK.
Do I need to move the tables to C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSQL.1MSQLDATA (like the Adventureworks installation which I haven't done) or what?
Hi, I'm completely new to SQL Server and ASP.NET, so please bear with me on my learning curve! I've installed Visual Web Developer Express and SQL Server Express (on the same PC). I then used Web Developer Express to successfully create a new database with a couple of tables in it. So far so good. I then installed SQL Server Management Studio Express on the same PC and tried to connect to my new database. The connection to the SQL Server instance appears to work OK (using Windows Authentication) but I can't see the database I previously created. All I can see are the System Databases. Does anyone know what the solution might be?
In the last one and half years, I used the Northwind Database in SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) to learn the programming of SqlConnections, Data sources, Database Exploere, ADO.NET 2.0, etc. via VB 2005 Express.
The Northwind Database in my SSMSE got lost very often, but I was not aware of it. How can I know where the Northwind Database is used or processed by my VB 2005 Express projects that were the examples of some tutorial books or my trial projects? How can I release the Northwind Database back to my SSMSE from the VB 2005 Express projects? Please help and advise.
Hi all, I have read/studied (i) Working with Databases in Visual Web Developer 2005 Express in http://quickstarts.asp.net/QuickStartv20/aspnet/doc/data/vwd.aspx, (ii) Xcopy Deployment (SQL Server Express) in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165716.aspx, (iii) User Instances for Non-Administrators in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143684.aspx, and (iv) Embedding SQL Server Server Express in Applications in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165660.aspx. I do not understand the concepts and procedures to do Xcopy and User Instances for non-administrators completely-I do not know how to connect to databases and create database diagrams or schemas using the Database Explorer. I have a stand-alone Windows XP Pro PC. I have created a ChemDatabase with 3 dbo tables in the SQL Server Management Studio of my SQL Server Express and a website of my VWD Express application with an App_Data folder. I am not able to proceed to use Xcopy and user instance to bring the 3 dbo tables of ChemDatabase to my App_Data folder. Please help and give me some detailed procedures/instructions to bring the 3 dbo tables of ChemDatabase (or ChemDatabase itself) from the SQL Server Management Studio Express to the App_Data folder of the website of my VWD Express project? Thanks in advance, Scott Chang
I just installed Server Management Studio Express, but there is an error when I run the application. This is the message:
"Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.
Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key."
And there is also an error when I try to open a file from my local machine. The error occurs when I click File > Open > File... The error cause the application has to close. See this link below: SQL Error.
I am trying to attach a sql database that resides here C:Documents and SettingsJerry DeanMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2005WebSitesclub_sahc, however SSMSE will not let me browse to this location. If I copy the databse and place in here C:Data_sql, I can make a bak file that I can upload and restore to SQL Server 2005. How do I get SSMSE to let me browse to the location above?
What is the difference between "SQL Server Management Studio Express" and "SQL Server Management Studio"? I have a copy of SQL Server 2005 but i did not find on it a copy of "SQL Server Management Studio", so i downloaded the express version. Is there a difference? If so where can i get the full version? Jay
hi there ! Well i hope u all great people are having great time. Well i am new to asp.net and struggling in database deployment to server. I took webhosting from datapacket.net, and using helm control panel. to deploy database, i used sql management studio express as suggested by some one. Now i am not able to access any of database or tables, although i got connected when i altered configuration surface setting to allow server to go to remote server. Now please help me, how to deploy database ?
Hello, I have downloaded sql server 2005 express on the test server and the sql server management studio express. So everytime I want to check my database or make a chance I have to go to my web server and open stuido express. Can I download studio express and connect to my database on my webserver from my computer?? Rich
Ive succesfully installed the final versions of VWD Express and SQL Server Express and SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP. Everyhting is working fine except the SQL Server Management Studio Express, when i click on it in the start menu nothing happens at all, ive tried uninstalling, repairing etc but it still never starts up when its clicked on. Any ideas please??
I need a tool to let me manage some SQL Express DBs. I've downloaded and installed the subject tool twice. It installs fine but when I run it, nothing happens. Is there something special required. All I want is the equivalent of Enterprise Manager for SQL Express.
I have searched for a good tutorial for SQL Server Management Studio Express bu I cannot find the information I want. I don't know how to set a MS SQL server accesible from LAN or internet and how to set it's password etc...
I am trying to connect to sql server CE trough SQL Management studio express. But it seems like it only wants to connect to an SQL server express instance. Does SQL server CE needs to run as a server? because I can't seem to be able to just connect to a file. Does Anyone know how to connect to SQL CE? Thanks!
hi, i recently tried to create a DTS in visual studio express and i found a package that was supposed to help me : SQLServer2005_DTS. I installed it and nothing changed, i didnt see where i could create a dts. Does anyone succeeded to do it?
is database mirroring available in SQL Server management Studio Express?
After i have back up and restore the database to another server on another computer, the mirror option under tasks after right clicking on the database does not appear .
So, the problem is with my software or others problems?
Once again I am asking a question to which the answer may be blindingly obvious to more experienced users!
I am unable to understand how to connect to my database with the Management Studio, i can only connect to:
[ComputerName]SQLEXPRESS
I would like to know how I can manage my database (User.mdf) via the management studio - do I need to get a server or something? I've tried opening the mdf file with the management studio but I get a message saying there is no editor available for the file!
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated!
We just installed SQL 2005 server. It works fine (allows to setup backup jobs, create other jobs etc).
I also installed MS SQL Management Studio Express on my PC to access the server remotely. Connecting under SA account gives me a full vew of the database, but with very limited rights regarding to the server management.
For example, I can see what names of maintanence plans but once I right click on the name it only gives me an option to REFRESH and nothing else. Also SQL Server Agent is hidden and I can not see and manage any jobs running.
Please let me know how to set more rights or am I misisng something on Studio Express setup?
I'm new to SQL Server and was wondering with Management Studio Express is it possible to connect to SQL Server 2000. I got a hosting acct and they are using SQL Server 2000. If this wont work can somebosy suggest a free tool similar which can graphically connect to SQL 2000 and create tables or procedures and so on...
Can you use the DTS download package to run the DTS Designer from within SQL Server Management Studio Express? I don't seem to be able to get it to show up in SQL Server Management Studio Express after I dnld it.
