Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 05/09/06 00:37

M K (ski_freakREMOVETHECAPS@yahoo.com) writes:
> I am a newbie at C# (VS 2005) and SQL Server(2003).

There is no SQL Server 2003. Since you talk about Enterprise Manager,
I assume that you mean SQL Server 2000.

> When i go into Enterprise Manager it shows a red dot for (local) and
> when i try to connect(click) to it i get the following:
>
> A connection could nto be established to (local)
> Reason: SQL Server does not exist or access denied
> ConnectionOpen (Connect ())
> Please verify SQL Server is running and check your SQL Server registration
> properties
>
> any suggestions as what to try?

The red dot means that SQL Server is not running, so you need to start
it first.


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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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