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It appears the problem is solved. Somebody emailed me a link on this procedure and I am no longer getting the above mentioned errors. Thanks for everybodys attempts to help.

It doesn't matter which database I try, northwind, adventureworks, my own, etc. They all have the same error. My objective? To simply connect any of the above databases to a visual basic.net program from visual studio 2005. I have heard from many others who have had this issue and I am simply...

I have tried posting questions on this topic but still to no avail. For some reason I cannot attach a database(including northwind or adventureworks) from visual studio 2005 using sql server 2005 and get a different answer depending upon how I run it. I have tried to check on a number of tips...

I checked user mapping and my database is just like northwind and others having owner and public checked. I can get connected in ssms but not visual studio 2005. It appears that visual studio 2005 is the roadblock. I don't understand yet why I can get in using ssms but not vs 2005.

Thanks for spending the time with me. I have gone everywhere that has anything to do with security, permissions, etc., and I cannot for the life of me figure out where this security is hanging up. I am using a laptop with sql server developer edition and running sql server on same machine, no...

honestly, I don't know. How do I check this.

my authenication is windows. I am not using the sql server login. Any suggestions?

I have already tried a number of ideas from others on how to get a successful connection to a sql server 2005 database in visual studio 2005. When I test connection I get this error: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this...

I have visual studio 2005 and sql server 2005 developer edition. I believe I have the latest sp's for both installed. I can access the database I created directly from sql server management studio but cannot attach it to visual studio. I have tried to run is as administrator but still I...

Thanks. I will do that. In the meantime I discovered that if I run as administrator, it also works.

I uninstalled sql server express believing it might conflict with the developer edition install and this time it completed. It gave me a warning about iis not being installed but I checked that out and it was. Also when I went to connect to the database it gave me an error. Don't know why...

Thanks for the response, but when I tried to install the developer edition, nothing shows up on my laptop. What step(s) did I miss if anything.

I have looked at a number of scripting info on how to install the sample northwind and pub databases and need help. I already have the mdf and ldf files downloaded. The scripting file on the internet says to run the following command: osql -E -Q "exec sp_attach_db @dbname=N'Northwind'...

After checking directly with microsoft and much research on the internet I am to understand that my vista premium home edition(most new pcs) will not run anything but the sql server express edition. I downloaded the management studio express tool and can build databases. My question is will...

Thanks for the info. I found another link that installed sql server express with the sp2 patch and finally received the manager studio componet. Now I am having trouble installing the northwind database.