Having trouble with MSDE

Hello everyone,

I just installed Win XP-embeded SP1 and I am trying to get the Component
Database Manager to connect to the MSDE server. I can't get it to work. Is
there any trick here? Anyone else have a problem with this?

Thanks,

Derek

"derek laufenberg" <laufen1255@earthlink.net> wrote in
news:#ZKqXd$ODHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I just installed Win XP-embeded SP1 and I am trying to get the Component
> Database Manager to connect to the MSDE server. I can't get it to work.
> Is there any trick here? Anyone else have a problem with this?

What exactly is the error you are seeing? You can clear the Application
error log and see the errors CMI throws when the DBM error comes up.

Also, you can't connect to MSDE over the network - it has to be on the
same machine as the tools. It's one of the limitations of MSDE.

--
--Jon, MS

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

Thanks Jon,

I was trying to put the DB on a 2nd machine and save space on my development
box. It seemed like you could do that with embedded xp tools, but you
cleared that up for me. I guess if I had a full ms-sql server install I
could do that. I didn't see this limitation of MSDE spelled out anywhere.
Maybe its in the fine print.

Thanks again for clearing up the issue. It all works as advertised when you
put everything on one system.

Derek
"Jon Fincher (MS)" <jonfi_online@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "derek laufenberg" <laufen1255@earthlink.net> wrote in
> news:#ZKqXd$ODHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I just installed Win XP-embeded SP1 and I am trying to get the Component
> > Database Manager to connect to the MSDE server. I can't get it to work.
> > Is there any trick here? Anyone else have a problem with this?
>
> What exactly is the error you are seeing? You can clear the Application
> error log and see the errors CMI throws when the DBM error comes up.
>
> Also, you can't connect to MSDE over the network - it has to be on the
> same machine as the tools. It's one of the limitations of MSDE.
>
> --
> --Jon, MS
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.