That was it. I knew it was something like that, just couldn't remember where it was.
It will let me add it as 127.0.0.1, but "Local" doesn't work; why is that? Thanks for the help. > Have you enabled tcp/ip in the server configuration manager? > > It's disabled by default. > > Matthew Smith wrote: > > I am trying to set up a system dsn to my local mssql server 2005 > install. When I try to set up the dsn, I get "SQL server does not > exist or access denied." > > > > For the server I am putting "Local". I have also tried 127.0.0.1 > and the computer name. > > > > I have tried both windows authentication and sql authentication. I > have tried both named pipes and tcpip. What am I doing wrong? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258550 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
