DSN for SQL Server 2008 from Access

[csufsu]

Have created a small database in SQL Server 2008 Express and need to
front-end it in Access. I can't create the DSN driver connection either from
Access or thru Control Panel.

Tried 3 different drivers. SQL Server Native Client 10 says: Could not open
a connection to SQL Server [2].

What am I missing?

 

[Sylvain Lafontaine]

Well, you don't tell us how you are trying to connect to this server so it's
hard to give you an answer on this. A more appropriate newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.sqlserver.connect or m.p.sqlserver.server would be more
appropriate than this one.

In your case, we must know if your installation of SQL-Server 2008 is the
default instance or a named instance. We also must know if the tcp/ip
and/or the named pipe protocols are disabled (they are by default with a new
installation of SQL-Server 2008 if I remember correctly); so what remains is
the shared memory protocol. We must also know if the sql-server
authentification is activated or if it's only the windows authentification
that you can use to connect to it and if so, is any built-in administrator
account activated on the sql-server. Also notice that the fact that an
admisnistror account exists on the target desn't mean that this account has
been activated on the sql-server itself for login purpose.

You have created a small database, so you can connect to the SQL-Server 2008
using a client tool such as SQL-Server Management Studio Express (SSMS-E); I
would suggest that you use the same parameters to connect to your database
using the DSN driver.

Try reviewing the tutorial in Books Online:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345343(SQL.90).aspx

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Windows Live Platform
Email: sylvain2009 sylvainlafontaine com (fill the blanks, no spam please)
Independent consultant and remote programming for Access and SQL-Server
(French)

 

[csufsu]

Thanks for giving me some direction. The learning curve on SQL server seems
to be rather steep - lots of parameters to deal with.

Well, you don't tell us how you are trying to connect to this server so it's
hard to give you an answer on this. A more appropriate newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.sqlserver.connect or m.p.sqlserver.server would be more
appropriate than this one.

In your case, we must know if your installation of SQL-Server 2008 is the
default instance or a named instance. We also must know if the tcp/ip
and/or the named pipe protocols are disabled (they are by default with a new
installation of SQL-Server 2008 if I remember correctly); so what remains is
the shared memory protocol. We must also know if the sql-server
authentification is activated or if it's only the windows authentification
that you can use to connect to it and if so, is any built-in administrator
account activated on the sql-server. Also notice that the fact that an
admisnistror account exists on the target desn't mean that this account has
been activated on the sql-server itself for login purpose.

You have created a small database, so you can connect to the SQL-Server 2008
using a client tool such as SQL-Server Management Studio Express (SSMS-E); I
would suggest that you use the same parameters to connect to your database
using the DSN driver.

Try reviewing the tutorial in Books Online:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345343(SQL.90).aspx

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Windows Live Platform
Email: sylvain2009 sylvainlafontaine com (fill the blanks, no spam please)
Independent consultant and remote programming for Access and SQL-Server
(French)

Have created a small database in SQL Server 2008 Express and need to
front-end it in Access. I can't create the DSN driver connection either
from
Access or thru Control Panel.

Tried 3 different drivers. SQL Server Native Client 10 says: Could not
open
a connection to SQL Server [2].

What am I missing?

 

[Sylvain Lafontaine]

It's usually not so hard because the same questions come back when you have
a new installation. However, you don't give us any detail about your
installation, what you already know about SQL-Server, what you try, etc.; so
unless someone here is willing to write a whole chapter on the subject in
the hope of hitting your problem by chance, there is not much to say.

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Windows Live Platform
Email: sylvain2009 sylvainlafontaine com (fill the blanks, no spam please)
Independent consultant and remote programming for Access and SQL-Server
(French)

Thanks for giving me some direction. The learning curve on SQL server
seems
to be rather steep - lots of parameters to deal with.

Well, you don't tell us how you are trying to connect to this server so
it's
hard to give you an answer on this. A more appropriate newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.sqlserver.connect or m.p.sqlserver.server would be more
appropriate than this one.

In your case, we must know if your installation of SQL-Server 2008 is the
default instance or a named instance. We also must know if the tcp/ip
and/or the named pipe protocols are disabled (they are by default with a
new
installation of SQL-Server 2008 if I remember correctly); so what remains
is
the shared memory protocol. We must also know if the sql-server
authentification is activated or if it's only the windows
authentification
that you can use to connect to it and if so, is any built-in
administrator
account activated on the sql-server. Also notice that the fact that an
admisnistror account exists on the target desn't mean that this account
has
been activated on the sql-server itself for login purpose.

You have created a small database, so you can connect to the SQL-Server
2008
using a client tool such as SQL-Server Management Studio Express
(SSMS-E); I
would suggest that you use the same parameters to connect to your
database
using the DSN driver.

Try reviewing the tutorial in Books Online:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345343(SQL.90).aspx

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Windows Live Platform
Email: sylvain2009 sylvainlafontaine com (fill the blanks, no spam
please)
Independent consultant and remote programming for Access and SQL-Server
(French)

Have created a small database in SQL Server 2008 Express and need to
front-end it in Access. I can't create the DSN driver connection
either
from
Access or thru Control Panel.

Tried 3 different drivers. SQL Server Native Client 10 says: Could not
open
a connection to SQL Server [2].

What am I missing?

 

[Danielle Goyette]

Have created a small database in SQL Server 2008 Express and need to
front-end it in Access. I can't create the DSN driver connection either
from
Access or thru Control Panel.

Tried 3 different drivers. SQL Server Native Client 10 says: Could not
open
a connection to SQL Server [2].

What am I missing?