Hi to both Toby and rdouglass66:

Went to config mgr and made sure that Named Pipes and TCP/IP were enabled.

I can not connect using SSMS on my remote machine....

Thanks for the response!!!

For some reason today turned into the day from HELL! and I am buried under that brown stuff that smells bad. I am not ignoring your rely,...

Thanks for the feedback. As for the db being the old pubs version the answer is no, it is something that I am working on and starts with me.

Thanks

TH

OK, Thanks

I got it working.

TH

I am using Visual Studio Professional

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Version 9.0.30729.1 SP

Microsoft .NET Framework

Version 3.5 SP1

Installed Edition: Professional

Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 91605-140-8228787-60738

Microsoft Visual Basic 2008

Microsoft Visual C# 2008...

So far all I have tried going to Data on the VS main menu, selecting Add New Data Source, browsing to the .mdf file and selecting that file. I always...

That is one "got ya" that I hadn't considered. Thanks for the heads up and the solution. This forum is the "BEST"!

Regards,

Tom Hall

Once again thanks! I am already reading/researching these areas, but your suggestions give me specifics and sources that will help.

Regards,

Tom Hall

Thanks for the feedback. I think that you are right about the structure and will plan accordingly. Could you give me a little more info on the indexing part-maybe a...

Thanks for the help. Problem solved!

Appreciate your time and knowledge.

TH

Thanks everyone. It's working!

Sorry for the delay in responding to your reply. I just saw the "page 2" notification and had not seen your entry. I have solved the problem well enough to...

I am using SQL commands via C#. I never shut down the db. The db remains in use by Management Studio and is never released for use by another. I...

I am converting large data files from a txt format and adding them in to SQL Server db. I'll write the code in C# to parse and organize the data...

Thanks everyone. I can go on now to working on other self induced problems. (Am I the only one who spends more time debuging than writing code?) I can't tell...