Garrett Fitzgerald <> wrote:
> On 3/31/06, Stephen the Cook <stephen.russell AT adribbers D.O.T com> wrote:
>> Garrett Fitzgerald <> wrote:
>>> I just installed SQL Server Express on my machine, and everything
>>> appeared to go well: I can ping it fine from Fox on this machine,
>>> and I went into the Surface Area Configuration to turn on remote
>>> connections and added it to the XP SP2 firewall exceptions list.
>>> However, when I asked a co-worker to try to connect, he couldn't,
>>
>> What are you using for a connection layer? ODBC? I think you need a
>> newer version? But .NET2003 can connect with their SQL connection?
>
> We haven't upgraded ODBC on his machine, but I would think it would
> at least be able to make a connection if it were just a versioning
> issue.
I was thinking about this on the ride into work. 2000 can't work with 2005
db's but 2005 does a great job with either. So I think it's a connection
issue.
Stephen Russell
DBA / Operations Developer
Memphis TN 38115
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