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Connecting to 'localhost' Problems?

I'm taking a .NET class and I have SQL Server 2005 installed on my
machine. When I go into Studio and then select Server Explorer and try
to add a new Connection, it seems to bomb out when I type in
'localhost' for the server name. It doesn't come back with anything
for the DBS. Is there something I need to do to get my machine to
understand 'localhost'?

Nov 3 '06 #1
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"Rick" <rl*******@yahoo.comwrote in message
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I'm taking a .NET class and I have SQL Server 2005 installed on my
machine. When I go into Studio and then select Server Explorer and try
to add a new Connection, it seems to bomb out when I type in
'localhost' for the server name. It doesn't come back with anything
for the DBS. Is there something I need to do to get my machine to
understand 'localhost'?

Very likely you have SQL 2005 installed as a named instance, so you have to
specifically provide the hostname AND isntance name.

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Nov 3 '06 #2

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