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Connecting to localhost

  • April 12, 2008 at 9:19 am

    #379791

    Hi.

    I'm very new to SQL Server 2005 but have used 2000 for quite a few years.

    I've just installed SQL Server 2005 and have gone into the 'Management Studio' to try and connect to the localhost but it doesn't come up as an option in the 'Server name' drop-down. Typing localhost or the name of my PC also gets refused a connection. I looked to see that a SQL Server service was running but there was no recognisable service one like in SQL Server 2000... where am I going wrong here!!?

    Thanks,

    Dave

  • April 12, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    #801848

    Can you see services in "SQL Server Configuration Manager" tool? Your installation can use named instance (in this case you will see instance name in brackets next to the service).

    Then if it's named instance you can type SERVERNAME\INSTANCENAME instead of "localhost".

  • April 13, 2008 at 5:06 am

    #801863

    There are no services in the configuration manager... there must be something amiss here.

  • April 14, 2008 at 2:55 am

    #801948

    If SQL Server is installed on the server you should see a list of services in configuration manager when you click on 'SQL Server 2005 Services'. You can also check 'Services' in 'Administrative Tools' to verify that SQL Server is definately installed & running!

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