Hi Linda,
You say "Now, I can not find it in the Server Explorer" below. After you
have installed the SQL Server Desktop Engine, you still need to add a
connection to it in Server Explorer just like any other connection. In
order to connect to the desktop engine, you normally need to provide a
server name (the name of your local machine) and an instance name.
The following knowledge base article contains a pointer to a document that
describes how to view the configuration of the desktop engine, and contains
a section on connection troubleshooting.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q301413
Hope this helps,
VSData Team
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| I purchased Visual Basic .NET version 2003 Standard
|
| I first try to connect Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard to SQL Server
| 2000 Personal edition. When I go into Visual Basic .NET under Server
| Explorer and try to add the connection, I received the following
| message "Unable to connect to database. It is only possible to
| connect to SQL Server Desktop Engine databases and Microsoft Access
| Databases with this version of Visual Studio."
|
| Then I download the SQL Server Desktop Engine and install it. I think
| the installation is ok because osql commend works under DOS. Now, I
| can not find it in the Server Explorer. How can I connect Visual Basic
| .NET 2003 Standard to SQL Server Desktop Engiee?
|
| Very very confusion. Please help.
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