Thank You. MSDE did not install NorthWind but I have it. Thanx again
Neil

>The red "X" means that there are no established connection to the server. Just click on "+" to expand server and "X" will gone... This is the same with the databases on the server.
>As I remember, the Northwind database is installed by default with MSDE and SQL Server. Just drag some table from the database to the form - VS .NET will create SqlConnection object, from which you can get connection string.