How to establish remote connection to sql server express 2008

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I'm new to using sql server and I'm having A LOT of difficultly setting up an sql server to accept remote connections from client apps and how to format the connection string for doing so. Can someone please point me in the right direction on going about this.

Thanks in advance,
-Dee

Posted 31-Oct-11 3:40am

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Bala Selvanayagam 31-Oct-11 9:56am

Please let us know how far you have proceeded on this and the place where you are stuck with the error message you are getting.

This way its much easier to assist you please

d.allen101 31-Oct-11 10:07am

thanks for the advice Bala and you're right I need to give specific issues. I'm going to give a shot at the links that jim suggested and see what happens first. But thanks again!

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jim lahey · Answer 1 · 2011-10-31T04:00:00

The guide to enabling remote connections:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bethmassi/archive/2008/09/17/enabling-remote-sql-express-2008-network-connections-on-vista.aspx[^]

Connection strings:

http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2008[^]

I can't tell you exactly which connection string to use as it can be different depending on your circumstances - Windows or SQL authentication, named instance, Multiple Active Result Sets etc. but you should find what you need in there.