>You may need to check this..
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>http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlgetstarted/thread/16706dec-209f-42c4-8dc7-4ee4dd5df482/
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>see the answer by Dmitri Korotkevitch
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>

I unchecked the sa password things and still no go
could it be because I am not connected to the domain, although I am having SQl on my laptop

Ill be back in the office tomorrow. I'll see if it works there

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>>yesterday I installed SQL2008 developer
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>>I could connect with this:
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>>strConnectionString	= [Driver={SQL Server};Server=OTT-LT1026;Database=kba_sql;Uid=sa;pwd=]
>>strConnectionString	= [Driver={SQL Server};Server=OTT-LT1026;Database=kba_sql;Trusted Connection]
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>>strSQL				  = [select * from claims where 1=1 ] && or what ever sql statement you are passing.
>>csrCursorToBeReturned = [csrNames]
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>>intHandle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT(strConnectionString)
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>>intResults = SQLEXEC(intHandle, strSQL, csrCursorToBeReturned)
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>>

>>
>>today it times out
>>with SQL management studio I connect just fine
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>>what could be wrong?
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>>Peter