Upsizing Wizard from Access to SQL Server

[Guest]

I am trying to use SQLServer for the first time and I am trying to use the
upsizing wizard on Access to get moved over to SQLServer. When I started SQL
Server Management Studio Express, the Connect to Server window came up. The
Server Name was: MARKSDESKTOP\SQLEXPRESS. I clicked on connect.

A green arrow was present next to MARKSDESKTOP\SQLEXPRESS in Registered
Servers. I then went to the Access database and started the upsizing wizard.
When it asked "What SQL Server would you like to use for this database, I
typed in: MARKSDESKTOP\SQLEXPRESS.

I got the following error message: ODBC failed.

I don't know what this means or what I should do about it. Do you have any
suggestions?

Thanks

Mark

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

Check the Control Panel ... Administrative Tools ... ODBC

to see if you have a DSN set up for SQL-Server. If so use it's name. If not,
set one up using the Driver you have listed. If you have no driver listed,
you will need to re-install Office to see if it can pick up the driver from
your latest SQL-Server installation.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
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http://www.datastrat.com
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[Sylvain Lafontaine]

Maybe you didn't use the right protocol or the right authentification mode.
Here are some good references:

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2004/07/23/192044.aspx

http://www.datamasker.com/SSE2005_NetworkCfg.htm

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345318(en-US,SQL.90).aspx