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toasterburn
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 Posted - 2012-10-30 : 10:11:30
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| I work in IT, and to advance my career I need to learn SQL. I have been working my way through a few books, but I need hands on experience too. So I installed SQL Express and the Management Studio to my home pc so I could work on code and build test databases in my free time. When I try to open Management Studio though, it asks me what server I want to connect to. I don't have a sever. Do I need to purchase a server to make this work, or is there a way around this?Thanks for the help. |
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sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2012-10-30 : 10:27:55
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| Use (local)\SqlExpress for server. |
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toasterburn
Starting Member
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Posted - 2012-10-30 : 10:48:31
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Originally posted by sunitabeck
Use (local)\SqlExpress for server.
Thank You! That did it. |
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