Did you read any of the Google results that Mark pointed you towards? Chances are since you are using SQL Server Express, you are trying to connect on the wrong port or SQL Server is not configured for TCP connections at all.
You can use netstat -a on your machine to verify what ports are being listened on. But firstly, read a few of the many blog entries out there on the topic. http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/coldfusion-sql-server-express ~Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Priya Koya" <priya23...@gmail.com> To: "cf-talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 12:47 PM Subject: Re: Unable to create Datasource ColdFusion8 > > This is what the error I get when I try to create DataSource... > > Connection verification failed for data source: Banking > java.sql.SQLException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC > Driver][Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]The requested instance is either > invalid or not running. > The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLException: [Macromedia][SQLServer > JDBC > Driver][Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]The requested instance is either > invalid or not running. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:319314 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
