sq server 2008 error:2

• ishwar.gautam

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  May 31, 2011 at 12:15 pm

  #239134

  Hello,

  I am using SQL Server 2008. When I connect the database engine using the server name MY_CMP\SQL2008 it is easily connected, MY_CMP is the name of my computer, but the problem is when I connect the database from Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express then it wont be connected. I have written the following code on C# to connect database.

  SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection("server=MY_CMP\SQL2008; uid=sa; pwd=ishwar; database=logindb;");

  C# shows an error message "Error 1 Unrecognized escape sequence"

  but when I just write MY_CMP instead of MY_CMP\SQL2008 on C# there is no error message shown but the Database Engine on SQL server is not connected.

  Please Help me.

• Steve Newton

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  June 19, 2011 at 8:26 am

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  backslash is an escape character in C# strings so you should do something like the below.

  = "myServer\\myInstance";

  or

  = @"myServer\myInstance";

  Steve

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• Welsh Corgi

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  June 19, 2011 at 1:25 pm

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  To expand on Steve's comment:

  If your instance name is contained in a string variable, make sure you do either:

  string server = "myServer\\myInstance"; or

  string server = @"myServer\myInstance";

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