Kevin

I am having problems setting a connection strng that the MM .Net Business Layer Generator can use. I have spent WAY too many hours fiddling with this step in the Jump Start to be anywhere close to being a happy camper. This should not be voodo.

Others have reported the same issue (See thread #037472)

I can connect to Northwind via the VS Server Explorer.
I can connect to Northwind via the command line using osql

To be sure that I have a "pure" environment, I have uninstalled MM.Net AND Visual Studio; reinstalling both.

I have tried all of the sample connection strings from "Specifying Connection Strings in the Config File" without success.

I can eventually figure it out ...but I am not happy about having to debug a framework while I am trying to learn to use it.

The last two connection strings attempted resulted in the following error as reported by the CLR Debugger:
..an unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException' ocurred in unkonwn module. It further reports that the default SQL Server does not allow remote connections. Error 40 - cannot open connection to SQL Server

These two (2) connection strings used in app.config yield the same error reported above:

<add key="maindata\Connection" value="server=(local);Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=Northwind" />

<add key="Northwind\Connection" value="server=(local);uid=sa;pwd=;database=NorthWind;" />

Yes, I have tried variants which include including a connection strings that name the local machine, the sql server name, etc and also variants that attempt to attach Northwind, and using "Northwnd".

Environment:
Visual Studio 2005, default installation of SQL Express, MM .Net 2005

Regards
Don Lowrey