Cannot connect toMyserver\SQLEXPRESS

Hi,
i installed Sql server 2005 express edition on an Windows XP professionel
sp2 system, which is alos the IIS server..
Of course i first installed .net Framework 2.0.
I installed it with an administrator account and used following options:
local system
services sql server / sql browser
windows authentification
enable user instance
add user to sql server adminsys role
Further i went to Sql server Configuration Manager and did:
protocols for MSSQLSERVER (service): TCP/IP and shared memory enabled
Finaaly, i went to Sql server Surface Area and did: remote connections:
local and remote connections
using TCP/IP only (and later i also tried: using TCP/IP and named pipes)
My problem is:
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when starting Sql server Management Studio express, everything seems ok: i
see the server name, authentification (windows), user name (the admin
account), but when clicking on "connect" button, after a while, i get the
error:
"Cannot connect to MYSERVER\SQLEXPRESS.
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, error: 26 - Error Locating
Server/Instance Specified) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)".
1) the optiion 'remote connections' is enabled (with tcp/ip)
2) i even don't use remote connections because sql server is installed on
the same server as the IIS server.
I really have no idea what's the problem and how to solve this. I
uninstalled everything twice (.net framework included) but still same error.
Thanks for help.
CasperIs SQL Server Management Express running on the same system as IIS/SQL
Server? If not, it won't connect.
Again, it makes sense to get the Developer Edition ($50 or less) as it does
not have these limitations.
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"Casper" <cas@.per.df> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> i installed Sql server 2005 express edition on an Windows XP professionel
> sp2 system, which is alos the IIS server..
> Of course i first installed .net Framework 2.0.
> I installed it with an administrator account and used following options:
> local system
> services sql server / sql browser
> windows authentification
> enable user instance
> add user to sql server adminsys role
> Further i went to Sql server Configuration Manager and did:
> protocols for MSSQLSERVER (service): TCP/IP and shared memory enabled
> Finaaly, i went to Sql server Surface Area and did: remote connections:
> local and remote connections
> using TCP/IP only (and later i also tried: using TCP/IP and named pipes)
> My problem is:
> --
> when starting Sql server Management Studio express, everything seems ok: i
> see the server name, authentification (windows), user name (the admin
> account), but when clicking on "connect" button, after a while, i get the
> error:
> "Cannot connect to MYSERVER\SQLEXPRESS.
> 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, error: 26 - Error Locating
> Server/Instance Specified) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)".
> 1) the optiion 'remote connections' is enabled (with tcp/ip)
> 2) i even don't use remote connections because sql server is installed on
> the same server as the IIS server.
> I really have no idea what's the problem and how to solve this. I
> uninstalled everything twice (.net framework included) but still same
> error.
> Thanks for help.
> Casper
>
>|||Thanks for replying.
Yes, it's installed on the same server.
I reinstalled and now i can enter the Management Studio, but when i start an
asp.net application which uses a MDF file, when an aspx file tries to access
the MDF file, i get just the same error.
Even when doing debugging that page in VWD i get that error. This
application ran perfect on another machine.
What did i wrong during installation, where do i have to search? i'm very
confused.
"William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@.betav.com> schreef in bericht
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> Is SQL Server Management Express running on the same system as IIS/SQL
> Server? If not, it won't connect.
> Again, it makes sense to get the Developer Edition ($50 or less) as it
> does not have these limitations.
> --
> ____________________________________
> William (Bill) Vaughn
> Author, Mentor, Consultant
> Microsoft MVP
> INETA Speaker
> www.betav.com/blog/billva
> www.betav.com
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> __________________________________
> Visit www.hitchhikerguides.net to get more information on my latest book:
> Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition)
> and Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (EBook)
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> "Casper" <cas@.per.df> wrote in message
> news:%237gT%23XJeHHA.4596@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>|||Let's see your ConnectionString.
____________________________________
William (Bill) Vaughn
Author, Mentor, Consultant
Microsoft MVP
INETA Speaker
www.betav.com/blog/billva
www.betav.com
Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
__________________________________
Visit www.hitchhikerguides.net to get more information on my latest book:
Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition)
and Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (EBook)
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"Casper" <ca@.qdq.dfv> wrote in message
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> Thanks for replying.
> Yes, it's installed on the same server.
> I reinstalled and now i can enter the Management Studio, but when i start
> an asp.net application which uses a MDF file, when an aspx file tries to
> access the MDF file, i get just the same error.
> Even when doing debugging that page in VWD i get that error. This
> application ran perfect on another machine.
> What did i wrong during installation, where do i have to search? i'm very
> confused.
>
> "William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@.betav.com> schreef in bericht
> news:uunyo6SeHHA.5056@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>|||William, i found it:
i reinstalled sqk server express, but it changed the instance name to
MYSERVER (instead of .\SQLEXPRESS). So the connection strings didn't work
and generated that error which has nothing to do woth remoting connections.
Thanks anyway
"William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@.betav.com> schreef in bericht
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> Let's see your ConnectionString.
> --
> ____________________________________
> William (Bill) Vaughn
> Author, Mentor, Consultant
> Microsoft MVP
> INETA Speaker
> www.betav.com/blog/billva
> www.betav.com
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> __________________________________
> Visit www.hitchhikerguides.net to get more information on my latest book:
> Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition)
> and Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (EBook)
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> "Casper" <ca@.qdq.dfv> wrote in message
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