CT,
>Ah, no matter that the current application has anything to do with sa ... since the Northwind database is still referenced (I didn't remove it) that is what was causing the problem?
Yeah, the builder looks at all entries in your web.config or app.config file and displays a dialog with information about all databases listed there.
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Kevin McNeish
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Oak Leaf Enterprises, Inc.
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