RE: connect to sql server express 2005

2007-02-23 Thread Stephen the Cook
Andy Davies <> wrote: >> Take off the firewall on your machine. >> You should be fine. >> >> Stephen Russell > > you jest?? Only till you see that is the block. Then you open up the port when you turn it back on. ;-> Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "A go

Re: connect to sql server express 2005

2007-02-23 Thread MB Software Solutions
Andy Davies wrote: >> Take off the firewall on your machine. >> You should be fine. >> >> Stephen Russell >> > > you jest?? > > Reminds me of Jim Allchin's comments that Windows Vista was so secure that you didn't needwhat was itvirus protection software and/or firewalls? -- Mi

RE: connect to sql server express 2005

2007-02-23 Thread Andy Davies
>Take off the firewall on your machine. >You should be fine. > >Stephen Russell you jest?? Andrew Davies  MBCS CITP   - AndyD    8-)# ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely fo

RE: connect to sql server express 2005

2007-02-22 Thread Stephen the Cook
Judith Barer <> wrote: > I have installed sql server 2005 express on my local machine. This is > my first time using sql server. I set up a connection in a vfp 8.0 > database to a database sql server that works on my own machine. > However when I try to connect to the sql server database from anot

Re: connect to sql server express 2005

2007-02-22 Thread Justin Darnell
Sound like a few things going on. I think you'll certainly need the 'SQL Native Client' driver on all of the machines you want to connect with. Also, if you haven't configured your SQL Server instance to accept outside connection, you'll need to do that in the SQL Surface Area Configuration progr