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
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...
> it
>