Friday, March 9, 2012

MSDE Installation Problem

I have installed MSDE on a computer but when I try to create an ODBC
connection to it, I can't find the server in the ODBC list of servers
available.
I am trying this on a system that has SQL Server 2000 for Developers on it
What does appear in the list are the following:
(local)
CRA-SERVER-2
Cra-Server-2
I don't know why there are two servers listed plus local, but all three
point to
the database setup under SQL Server 2000 for Developers.
It appears that MSDE installed properly. When I look in Component Services,
it is listed as MSSQL$CDC2, status = Started, Startup type = Automatic,
Logon as Local System. CDC2 is the instance name that I specified in the
Setup portion of the MSDE install package.
The directories specified all seem to have the files and data structures.
When I run the OSQL -E -S \CDC2 I get an error. The error message says:
[DBNETLIB]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
[DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen (Connect() ).
When I look at the Task Manager, I have 2 copies of sqlservr.exe running. I
Assume one is for SQL Server 2000 Developer and the other is MSDE. (?)
I am a developer and need an ODBC connection to the database in the MSDE
installed CDC2 server. Can someone point me in the right direction for
resolving
this ODBC/SQL Server problem?
Thanks for your help.
Lance
Does this work with SQL authentication?
Meaning,
Osql -Usa -Ppassword sqlserver\instancename?
If it does, then you might want to check
325022 INFO: MSDE Security and Authentication
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325022
Cheers,
Vikram Jayaram
Microsoft, SQL Server
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