Server does not exist error after installing SQL server 2005

  • I installed MS SQL server 2005 in my windows server 2003 web

    OS. But when I run the sql server manager studio I get this wizard to

    connect to a server and my computer name does not appear on it. But

    because I have my laptop connected to my network it, when I browse, it

    shows my laptop as a network server instance. I guess because I have

    done all my .NET and Java work for my classes there. I do not

    understand why, if I installed MS SQL server, it does not install an

    instance of an SQL server. I have no idea how to proceed because that's

    what I thought I was installing, a server, not only a management

    software. Now, my OS does not show me the same "manage my server"

    option that I get with my other OS (Windows server 2003 enterprise

    edition). and I don't remember whether that OS had an SQL server option

    to manage. I don't thinks so because the way that I installed SQL server

    XPress there was when I installed Visual Studio. (reminder: in my new

    OS I installed Visual Studio after installing SQL server 2005 full

    edition, so I don't have the Xpress edition on it). How do make my

    computer be an SQL server on this OS?(the server 2003 web edition) I

    thought that was done with the SQL server installation.

    Thanks,

    PS , the HD with the enterprise edition runs on the same Mother board as the web edition OS. I swap HDDs if I need to go back to the enterprise edition, but my objective is to use the web edition. Also, the web edition is not a domain controller, the other one is, and also can be set for all the standard servers, i.e DNS, remote access, VPN, etc.. The web edition does not have that capability.

  • artsaliv (4/28/2009)


    But when I run the sql server manager studio I get this wizard to

    connect to a server and my computer name does not appear on it. But

    because I have my laptop connected to my network it, when I browse, it

    shows my laptop as a network server instance.

    Can you type the computer name or IP in there?

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    I long for a job where my databases dont have any pesky users accessing them 🙂

  • yes, but I typed my computer's name and it did not find a server there, it gave me an error that I did not copy. I did not try typing the ip address.

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