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                                    | opopanax666Starting Member
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2013-10-29 : 07:36:06 
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                                            | Hi everybody,bit of a bother with this:- installed SQL Server Express on my machine (local), everything default;- Named my instance "EXPRESS_TESTING";- checked everything was running with "osql -L" & config mgr;- used the connection wizard in Excel to connect & everything works fine;- tried to do the same in Access & Access can't find the server (I copy-pasted the name of the instance from Excel, so no mistypes);Error:"Connection failed:SQLstate: '01000'SQL Server Error: 67[Microsoft][ODBC SQL SERVER Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen(Connect()).Connection failed:SQLState: '08001'SQL Server Error: 17[Microsoft][ODBC SQL SERVER Driver][DBNETLIB]SQL Server does not exist or access denied."Anybody have a clue?TIA for any feedback,James |  |  
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