My machine Win7 has SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 installed.
Also, Sql Server Management Studio is installed with SQL Server 2008.
Now, I want to connect to SQLEXPRESS instance running currently on my machine.
How do I know if i will need Management Studio 2005 or 2008 to connect to SQLEXPRESS?
Just to add that I have already tried connection with SSMS 2008, but it says
Can't connect to .\SQLEXPRESS, Login failed.
One thing I just noticed is that under Windows Authentication,
User name is showing my user name with which I logged in to Windows.
But this machine used to belong to someone else and computer name has not changed to mine.
Could this be reason for login failure?
Thank you!
SSMS2008 can connect to SQLExpress 2005 or 2008 instances, so use that version.
Login failed can mean several things:
the database is not running (the service is stopped)
you got the machine or instance name wrong
your credentials (login/pass) were wrong or you used the wrong authentication method
Make sure that appropriate SQL Server service is running
"Login failed" means you have connected but were rejected.
Is the login you use set up in SQL Server?
By default, local admins on the box are are sysadmin in SQL Server so something has changed if you connected previously
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I am not able to connect to remote SQL Server from my machine, I don't know what went wrong but yesterday I was able to connect to remote server.
I can connect through Management Studio from my machine to remote sql server but I cannot connect through SQL Profiler.
Please see below screenshot for more info.
If you faced with this issue after OS upgrade, it should be some environment change.
Check that SQL Server instance written correct and the instance is up (Administration - Services). Then check firewall rules - the easiest way is to temporary turn it off.
I freshly installed Microsoft SQL Server on my machine and started it. When I try to connect to a server I use a . for the server name (which should point to the local machine from what I read?). However I get the following error:
So I went to the SQL Server Configuration Manager and checked under SQL Server Services, which seems to be empty.
How can I establish a connection?
Your services are not running.
Make sure you installed this.
The above answer was correct, however, you only installed the SQL Server Management Studio.
If you installed Express, downloaded from the Microsoft website you might want to download and create the server instance with the management studio. You will need to select if you want Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication using a username and password. Remember to add the current windows user for using either.
Here is SQL Server 2014 Express: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dn434042.aspx.
This will download everything you need to connect to a server.
Please let me know if you need more information.
I dont know much about sql server.
I have just re-installed windows 7 on my laptop. After that I installed Visual Studio 2012 Express Edition. I also Installed SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2.
Now when I try to log in to sql server management studio by using server name as . or (local) or .\SQLEXPRESS or PC-Name\SQLEXPRESS and using Windows Authentication I get the error as below.
Please dont mark this question as negative as I have searched on google for last 4 hours but did not understand the problem.
Update:
There are many reasons that may cautioning the problem:
SQL Server is not running
SQL Server is not properly configured
You try to connect with a worng instance Name
You can try the following:
Go to Mycomputer->Rigt Click->Manage->Application and Services
And from there check that SQL Server Express is running
2.From there also, gCheck the Instance name of your SQL Express and be sure when you log on to Management Studio you Provide the same Instance name
Confirm that the service is installed and running. Under Computer Management, drill-down into Services and Applications -> Services.
There should be a service named "SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)". Try a restart or start of the service.
If any other instance of SQL Server is installed it will be listed - try connecting to LOCALHOST(whatever the instance is listed as) to verify the installation is functional.
UPDATED following further information from comments:
You may have only installed the client tools (management studio), and have not installed the database service. Ensure you have the correct installer which includes the database services engine.
First check that the SQL Server parameters are set accordingly.
Go to Start -
All Programs — Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 — Configuration tools —
SQL Server Configuration Manager
Under SQL Server Services, make sure that the instance is running :
SQL Server ()
SQL Server Browser
Under SQL Server Network Configuration - Protocols for (), these are enabled:
TCP/IP
Named Pipes
Do the same under SQL Native Client 10.0 under Client Protocols
I have installed SQL Server 2008 Management studio ONLY. When I tried connecting to my local server using Windows Authentication, I am not able to connect.
I don't remeber the instance name.
How to know the instance name of my SQL Server?
Secondly, i tried connecting using but there is an error:
A network related instance occured...
(.), (local), local, .\sqlexpress
I also searched SO and got same results set.
Won't Management studio alone be enough to connect to local SQL?
The browse for more in management studio should tell you your instance name. If nothing is there, try looking at your services and ensure that "SQL Server" service is started. If you have a named instance, it will also show you your named instance in the services console. So if it shows:
SQL Server (MYINSTANCE)
You connect using:
.\MYINSTANCE
I have a server machine and four client machine for database connectivity.
I installed sqlexpress 2008 in server and one machine and all remaining systems, they have connected the database through the EMS (SQL Manager 2008 for SQL Server ).
The issue is that when I connect the database from that m/c which has sqlexpress 2008 then it gives "Timeout Expired"
But all remaining systems connect to server easily.
Why it gives an error for that particular system.
I didn't get any proper solution for this issue.
It depends on what do you use to connect: Windows integrated security or SQL Server security?
And also, make sure you are connecting to the right instance of SQL Server on server machine (default instance doesn't need to specify the instance name, while for named instances you need to connect to \\
Hope this helps,
Bye
cghersi