Hi Kevin -
Since this came up in the context of trying to run the C# winforms sample in your book I thought this might be a useful place to display my complete ignorance of all things SQL Server:
I have SQL2000 installed with (I believe) the default settings. The computer name is CHARLES. When I open Enterprise Manager I don't see CHARLES I see local. Can get in to Northwind etc. I have SQLServer loading on OS boot. Service manager shows server as CHARLES.
I run your C# winforms sample. When I try to launch the Orders form I get
An unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException' occurred in system.data.dll
Additional information: System error.
No source code link.
Left all connection string settings at default in Data.cs
Then tried changing server to CHARLES in that conneciton string. No joy.
I'm sure I'm missing something very obvious but with my level of SQL Server knowledge the obvious is obscure.
Guidance?
TIA
Charles Hankey
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