I have just set up Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to my computer. However, server name: is empty and I do not know how to handle with it.
Thanks all of you
Which edition of SQL Server did you set up?
If you setup SQL Server 2012 Express, then the default instance name is SQLEXPRESS, so you should be able to use any of these server names:
.\SQLEXPRESS
(local)\SQLEXPRESS
localhost\SQLEXRPESS
If you've set up any other edition of SQL Server 2012, and picked the default instance, then your server name would be:
.
(local)
localhost
and if you picked a different instance name during setup - well, I hope you see how to concatenate together . (or (local) or localhost) with the instance name to get connected.
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I have just installed SQL Server 2016 CTP3.2 on a Windows 10 machine.
The problem I have now is that SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is not able to find the local server.
The Database Engine has not any server and if I click "" only the Integration Services has identified the local server (the computer name).
Why can´t the database engine locate the local server?
Sandeep, are you still running into this problem? To view the local database server, you can type in "." under the server name input.
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I installed SQL Server 2012 Express from scratch, but it is not working. Same problem again.
By default, SQL Server Express will install as a named SQLEXPRESS instance - so you need to use your IP address with \SQLEXRPESS added to it as your server name:
Server Name: 192.168.1.199\SQLEXPRESS
Update: you need to go to SQL Server Configuration Manager and find out what your instance name is.
Start Menu
> Microsoft SQL Server 2012
> Configuration Tools
> SQL Server 2012 Configuration Manager
You should see a screen something like this:
Find the entry for SQL Server that is in the "running" state - what does it say in the brackets after SQL Server? That's your instance name - if it's a default SQL Server Express installation, it should say SQLEXPRESS. If it doesn't - well then that's your instance name right there (unless when it's MSSQLSERVER - then it's the unnamed instance).
Use 192.168.1.199\instance-name as your server name
I just finished installing the SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition on Windows 7. Here is the question, when I first load SQL Server Management Studio, what is the server name I have to use?
Server Type: Database Engine
Server Name:
Authentication: Windows Authentication
Username: Linda-HP\Linda
So what server name should I use?
thank you
Most likely localhost or . or you computer name works for the server name if you didn't specify the name of the instance during the installation.
Server name would be Linda-HP or (local)
Run sp_helpserver to know the instance name.
I am trying to connect to SQL Server 2005 express edition from SQL Server Management.
From the server configuration manager, I found the SQL Server Service to be running and within bracket, it's written(SQLEXPRESS). I understand SQLEXPRESS is the instance name, therefore I have to use following string for server name: \SQLEXPRESS.
I am using windows authentication. I am logged into an account that is non admin.
Can someone suggest me how I can establish the connection.
Thanks.
Try .\SQLEXPRESS..
From here:
By default, SQL Server Express
installs as an instance named
"SQLEXPRESS," for example. You connect
to a named instance by specifying the
instance name with the server name in
the connection string. That is why you
normally specify ".\SQLEXPRESS" as the
server name when connecting to a local
SQL Server Express database. The dot
means the local server and \SQLEXPRESS
specifies the SQLEXPRESS named
instance.
I am having a hell of a time trying to connect to the SQL SERVER 2005 database. I am using Windows 7.
Here is the screenshot of the error thrown:
(source: highoncoding.com)
I have been battling this issue for the past week and still no progress.
I have tried the following in the server name:
(local)
localhost
computername
none of them worked!
I just checked in the services section and SQLSERVER EXPRESS is not even there. I am using the following post as a reference:
https://serverfault.com/questions/11745/i-cannot-connect-to-my-local-sql-server-2008
This instance of SQL Server is running on the same PC you're connecting from? That's the implication of 'local'.
Possibilities :
1) Try (local) instead of local for the server name
2) Try 'MSSQLSERVER' as the name
3) Check the SQL Server Configuration Manager shows the same configuration options you're attempting to connect with, eg the same instance name, Named Pipes enabled, services running ok, etc.
EDIT :
Ok, what are you using to connect with? SQL Server Management Studio Express? Are you sure you installed an instance? The lack of SQLExpress in the services list would seem to indicate otherwise.
When you connect to a SQL Server you specify the name in the form {computername}\{instancename}. The {instancename} is the name of the SQL instance which was chosen during the SQL Server installation. For {computername} you can substitute the special names . or local when connecting to the localhost machine. If the SQL Server was installed as the Default instance then the instance name part must be omitted, so the connection Server name becomes just the computer name.
SQL Server Express installs by default an instance named SQLEXPRESS. The corresponding NT service name is MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS. The Server name in the connection dialog is .\SQLEXPRESS, local\SQLEXPRESS, localhost\SQLEXPRESS or {computername}\SQLEXPRESS (they're all the same).
If the SQL Server was installed as the Default instance name then the corresponding NT service name is MSSQLSERVER. The Server name in the connection dialog is ., local, localhost or {computername} (they're all the same).
If the SQL Server was installed as a named instance then the corresponding NT service name is MSSQL${INSTANCENAME}. The Server name in the connection dialog is .\{INSTANCENAME}, local\{INSTANCENAME}, localhost\{INSTANCENAME} or {computername}\{INSTANCENAME} (they're all the same).
When connecting from a remote computer to a SQL Server instance the SQL has to be configured to allow remote connection How to configure SQL Server 2005 to allow remote connections.
Check your SQL server configuration, make sure the TCP connections are enabled. You can also check that the SQL Browser service is started. Make sure you do not have a firewall that gets on the way. Make sure the SQL Server service is also started.
Did you install SQL Server on the default instance, or have you used named instances? If you've used named instances then the server will be server\instancename. If you don't know, then have a look in the Services administrative tool; you'll be able to determine the instance name, if any, from there).
You could also try connecting with the server name as a single period (i.e. simply ".") [caveat... I've not got access to SQL Server at the moment, but I think I've used this before now].