That's incorrect. 2.6 and 2.7 will both work fine with 7.0.

-Mike

>I have MDAC 2.5 the 2.6 said it wasn't compatible with SQL Server 7.0.
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>I went over to the site the server is at and they changed the client default from named pipes to tcp/ip. And it is working.
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>Thanks again for your help
>Jim
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>>Do you have the lastest version of MDAC? Can you ping the machine?
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>>-Mike
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>>>The other server. I am trying to get a hold of them to see if its up and running.
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>>>Thanks
>>>Jim
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>>>>I'm not clear where you've run into a problem. Connecting to MSDE or another server?
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>>>>-Mike
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>>>>>Hello Group,
>>>>>
>>>>>I had to rebuild my machine and when I reloaded the msde for visual studio 6.0 I could not connect to the remote server. I tried the New SQL Server Registration and connected to the remote server in the wizard but nothing shows up in the tree frame in enterprise manager. What do I need to do.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Jim