Setup ASPNET account

[James McGivney]

I am using chapter 9 from "ASP.NET programming with C#"
by Duthie of Microsoft Press.
I have VS.net running on WindowsXP pro, I installed IIS
and the net framework. I believe I have activated MSDE
as I display an icon in the lower right that
says "Running \\JIM - MSSQLServer". The icon has a green
arrow.
I am trying to setup an ASPNET account.
As instructed, at the command prompt I enter:
oSql -S(local)\VSdotNET -E
I get the following message:
[DBMSLPCN]SQLServer does not exist or access denied
[DBMSLPCN]ConnectionOpen(Connect()).
Please advise.
Thanks,
Jim

[MSFT]

HiJames,

First you need to make sure the account you currently log on is exactly the
same account you install the MSDE, and this account is a local
administrator account on the computer.

Secondly, you may double click the icon in the lower right , a form will be
displayed, You may check the server name in the box, to see if it is
"JIM\VSdotNET". If so, you also try following command in command prompt
window:

oSql -SJIM\VSdotNET -E

Luke
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[James McGivney]

Luke:
I logon to Windows XP pro with my account, this is the
account that was in use when I installed MSDE. This is
an Administrator account.
I click the icon in the lower right of the screen, in the
form that appears JIM is the name of the server.
From the command prompt I run oSql -SJIM\VSdotNET -E
The return is:
[DBMSLPCN]SQLServer does not exist or access denied
[DBMSLPCN]ConnectionOpen(Connect()).

Please advise.
Thanks,
Jim

[MSFT]

Hi Jim,

Is the Server name "JIM", not "JIM/VSdotNET"? If so, you may try:

oSql -SJIM -E

or

oSql -S(local) -E

Luke
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[James McGivney]

Luke:
Thank you very much for your excellent help and support.
Using the name JIM worked without problem.
In installing MSDE I somehow must have entered JIM in
place of JIM\VSdontNET. I hope this will not cause me
any problems down the road.
The whole purpose of this exercise was to access
the "pubs" database in a sample program.
I am not sure I understand the oSql commands I used. Do
I need to setup a new account through oSql each time I
change a database ?
Thanks again for your help.
Jim

[MSFT]

Hi JIm,

You dont' need to create a new account when you change the database. By
default, MSDE will use your current windows account as an administrator
account in all databases.

Luke
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