ASP.NET: connecting to a sql server database -
(very newbie question, please if can)
how connect visual web developer sql server express 2008? in database explorer, right click on data connections, click add connection..., , in data source box choose microsoft sql server (sqlclient), i'm guessing doesn't connect me database file, sql server express itself(?). in server name box when click drop down box, there's nothing there , that's stuck.
can provide link how can connect sql server express; preferably not msdn link since i've been there , struggled walkthrough.
usually can type in .\sqlexpress
connect local sql server express install...
the dot means computer on, localhost, , \sqlexpress sql server instance server running on...this default instance name anyway sql server express...
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