Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 11/07/06 22:40

Am_I_right (Am_I_right@world.com) writes:
> Same system setup as before.
> Computer A with SQL 2005
> Computer B with SQL Express
>
> Is it possible to connect the SQL Express in B from the A using the SQL
> 2005?
>
> I tried it, but failed.

How did you try? How did it fail?

You can always set up a linked server, but it's unclear to me if that
is what you tried.

> If I can do this, that means I can use Import function in SQL 2005 to
> import Access databases into SQL Express.

No, that is what you can do with a linked server. You could however
import you Access database into SQL 2005 non-Express, and then
copy the database with backup/restore as I described in my previous
post.


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

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