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 installation of dotnetnuke in 2003 server

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seayer
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Posted - 2006-09-09 : 07:42:29
i have the same problem with dotnetnuke installtion in 2003 server sp 1 that it can't connect with the database the message below is appearing in my url:

Error Installing DotNetNuke
Current Assembly Version: 04.03.04
ERROR: Could not connect to database specified in connectionString for SqlDataProvider
even i uninstall the sql server 2000 but still this problem came . on the other hand i installed it to windows Xp it works there. i dont know what to do and here is my connection string:

<connectionStrings>
<!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->
<add
name="SiteSqlServer"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2000/2005
<add
name="SiteSqlServer"
connectionString="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid=;pwd=;"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
-->
</connectionStrings>
can anyone help me !

Rishi Maini SQL2K5 Admin
Yak Posting Veteran

80 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-09 : 08:27:43
Can you Make a ODBC connection to ".\SQLExpress" and check if you are able to connect, or else use the SQL Client tools to connect to ".\SQLExpress".

Thanks
Rishi Maini
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