Bob, I had already checked the Business Layer Generator and the connection string in the app.config file is exactly the same as that in the BLG and I am able to generate business objects with no problem. That is what has me baffled. I would think that if the issue is two versions of SQL on different servers were the problem, I would have the same problem in the BLG.

Since the first form I was working on was imported from another project, I tried building a small form from scratch but it had the same problem.

I'm at a loss as to what else to try.

>Linda,
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>I am sorry, but without more information, it's hard to help. One thing to try to test the connection string is with the Business Layer Generator (BLG). It uses the app.config file to list the database keys to select from to make a connection to a database. When you run the BLG, do you get the keys listed in your app.config file and then do you get a successful connection based on the connection string?
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>If so, then you are one step closer to solving your problem.
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>Bob
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>>Bob, I tried your suggestion but it didn't help. I didn't have that line in an earlier version of this program using SQL 2000 where the programming environment was on a separate machine from the SQL Server computer. Any other ideas? Thanks.
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