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6/21/2006 12:48 AM
 
Jon Morrissette

Joined: 3/26/2006
Posts: 115

There is something fishy going on with the SQL Express 2005.  I have definitely created these databases (dotnetnuke, database, etc.) and have even setup users and passwords--but no connection can be established. 

I tried the default SQLExpress string that is in the default installation web.config file--cus I read that should work out of the box.  Irony is that I can connect to all these databases in VStudio no problem.  Here are two samples... the first is the default dnn string.

DEFAULT [Yes, I created the Database.mdf in the SQL express studio;  I also created a username/password with appropriate permissions... though they don't appear below.]

<connectionStrings>

<!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->

<add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

</connectionStrings>

<appSettings>

<!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules -->

<add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"/>

</appSettings>

EXAMPLE #2.... using a database I created, along with username/password. This connection string works inside Visual Studio with a basic application....

<connectionStrings>

<!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->

<add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\v3.2.2_Lakeside.mdf&quot;;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True;uid=***;pwd=****" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

</connectionStrings>

<appSettings>

<!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules -->

<add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\v3.2.2_Lakeside.mdf&quot;;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True;uid=***;pwd=****" />

</appSettings>
 
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6/22/2006 10:23 AM
 
mike wittig

Joined: 6/14/2006
Posts: 118
Hi jmorrissette, here's mine from my working DNN. Just change username and password and give it a try.
 
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