Comments on: machine name/sqlexpress2008r2 is giving error

By: ToddN2000

ToddN2000 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:42:25 +0000

Is this database Client or Server side?What method are you using to access the data?SqlDataSource, AccessDataSource, ObjectDataSource or XmlDataSource?If you can post you connection string maybe we can help.

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:03:58 +0000

Since it is a named instance, you need to specify the server and the instance name, but as mentioned by Tom, without more details we have no way to help you.

By: TomLiotta

TomLiotta — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:53:17 +0000

I created an instance name, but was not able to connect to the server.

Why not? What happens?

However, if I put the /SQLEXPRESS2008R2 before the machine name I am able to connect to the DB.

Where was the machine name?

However, when using the same connection string in the VB.Net, its giving some error.

“Some error”? What error?

Can you please help me.

Not without a lot more information. Where is the database? Where is the code running? What is the connection string? What does the code look like? What errors are you seeing?

Knowing those might give us enough to make a guess, or enough to ask some specific questions to work towards an answer.

Tom