MSDE not working

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 list.
It seems that it isn't running, but I have checked the service to see if it
is running, and it is.
I am trying this on a system that has SQL Server for developers on it.
Could this be causing the problem?
Can someone point me in the right direction on this?How are you tring to connect. I take it this is a named instance so what
error do you get if you try and connect with osql e.g.
osql -E -S.\INSTANCENAME
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HTH
Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
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"Lance Geeck" <lgeeck@.cox.net> wrote in message
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> 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 list.
> It seems that it isn't running, but I have checked the service to see if
it
> is running, and it is.
> I am trying this on a system that has SQL Server for developers on it.
> Could this be causing the problem?
> Can someone point me in the right direction on this?
>
>|||Jasper,
Thanks for responding.
The error message says:
[DBNETLIB]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
[DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen (Connect() ).
Thanks
Lance
"Jasper Smith" <jasper_smith9@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How are you tring to connect. I take it this is a named instance so what
> error do you get if you try and connect with osql e.g.
> osql -E -S.\INSTANCENAME
> --
> HTH
> Jasper Smith (SQL Server MVP)
> http://www.sqldbatips.com
> I support PASS - the definitive, global
> community for SQL Server professionals -
> http://www.sqlpass.org
> "Lance Geeck" <lgeeck@.cox.net> wrote in message
> news:_RzIc.19690$yc.8850@.fed1read06...
> > 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 list.
> >
> > It seems that it isn't running, but I have checked the service to see if
> it
> > is running, and it is.
> >
> > I am trying this on a system that has SQL Server for developers on it.
> > Could this be causing the problem?
> >
> > Can someone point me in the right direction on this?
> >
> >
> >
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