I purchased a new computer with windows 8 on it. I installed my
Visual Studio 2008 and using the Visual Basic 2008 from Visual Studio.
I used Server Explorer to create a new database and entered in
Server Name box .\SQLEXPRESS and got an error. This is what Works
on my old computer with windows 8 o it, and the computer name is JERE
how do I find out the new server name is for the new computer
Here is the error message.
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing
a connection to SQL server. The server was not found or was not
accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that
SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.
(provider: Named pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open
connection to SQL Server)
JereBear
Jere Small
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