VS2002 with .NET 1.0 was sooooo buggy, I can't imagine you want to stay with it. VS2003 and .NET 1.1 was a vast improvement. When I started with .NET, I started with 1.0 (this was back in 2002) and very quickly went to 1.1 because of how buggy 1.0 was ... especially where ADO.NET was concerned ... so, it could very well be that 1.0 is just not going to work with SQL 2005. I can't tell you that definitively though.

However, I assume one of the reasons you're asking is because you don't want to upgrade your apps to 1.1? It's a fairly painless upgrade, if I recall.

~~Bonnie





>Hi
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>Are there any connection issues to SQL 2005 when using Framework 1.0?
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>We have a few older applications (Windows Applications) we develop for clients which are VS 2002 Framework 1.0. The databases for these have been upgraded from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. When we try and connect (in debug for example), the connection fails with "Server doesnt exist or access is denied." error.
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>However if I convert/upgrade solution to VS2003 Framework 1.1 the same connection string works fine.
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>Thanks
>Steve