sql-server-express

I was just given a laptop to perform some development from a client and I am currently in the process of setting it up. Visual Studio 2010 is installed as well as SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2. I'm trying to open SQL Server Management Studio to connect to the database but so far am not having much luck. I'm used typing in for a server name something like... localhost (local) SQLEXPRESS None of these are working. So my question is: How can I tell what type of SQL Server installation and configuration I have on this machine, and how can I discover what server name I need to use in order

I created a Web API project under VS 2010. After I switched to VS 2012, I always get a warning: The Web project 'xxx' requires SQL Server Express, whcih is not installed on this computer. [...] I do not want to install this SQL Server Express. I use IIS for debugging. How can I disable this dependency? I noticed also this in my web.config: <connectionStrings> <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|[...].mdf;Initial Catalog=[...];Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> <

After I change the option as UserInstance="False", then the error starts to happen. Because I want to use full-text search, the option change is required. BUT, it stopped to work. Is there any way to make it work again? I'm running Application Pool as Network Service with full control. A solution is presented here not exactly for your problem but exactly for the given error. Start --> All Programs --> Microsoft SQL Server 2005 --> Configuration Tools --> SQL Server Surface Area Configuration Add New Administrator Select ' Member of SQL Server SysAdmin role on SQLEXPRESS ' and add it to right

I just installed SQL Server Express 2008 R2 and I have a problem connecting to it using the SQL Server Management Studio (locally). All SQL Server services are started (SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS), SQL Server browser, also the DTC service) When I try to connect I get the following message: TITLE: Connect to Server Cannot connect to (local). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 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

I'm trying to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express from this site: http://www.microsoft.com/express/database/ I have a 64-bit, Windows 7 machine. I have tried both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions but each fail on "Performance counter registry hive consistency". How can I fix this so that I can install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express? You can skip the Performance counter check in the setup altogether: setup.exe /ACTION=install /SKIPRULES=PerfMonCounterNotCorruptedCheck André Ferreira Use Rafael's solution: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/dddf0349-557b-48c7-bf82

how to pass column name with parameter in insert sql statment e.g. @name='name' insert into employees (id,@name) values(1,'a') is this possible? No it isn't possible you would need to build the SQL Statement including the column either in your application or by using dynamic SQL in SQL Server itself. Edit: RE: "what's dynamic sql". The approach is as follows. DECLARE @Value nvarchar(100) DECLARE @InsertString nvarchar(1000) DECLARE @name sysname SET @name ='name' SET @Value = 'a' SET @InsertString= 'INSERT INTO EMPLOYEES (id,' + @name + ') values(1, @Value)' EXEC sp_executesql @InsertString, N