SQL Server / Link Server SOTAMAS90? - sql

Can anyone tell me how to create a link server in SQL Server 2005 with SOTAMAS90?

I assume that SOTAMAS90 is the Netbios name of the server.
I'd open up SQL Server Management Studio, expand server objects, linked servers, and then right-click NEW.
try to figure out if the machine name is still supposed to be SOTAMAS90.
Btw, MAS90 is a ERP program, right?
What's SOTA stand for?

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Cannot connect to SQL Server 2008R2 Express

I have just installed SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. I haven't set anything unusual during the installation process. Everything was default, that the instance name is SQLExpress, the connection is via SQL Server with user sa and my password. I have opened SQL Server Configuration Manager and I can see under SQL Express Service, SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)'s state is running. Yet, it does not let me get connected :/
I am using Commodo Internet Security. I have looked at Firewall Log and it says only that Windows Operating System is blocked. I set CIS to ask for every connection and it doesn't show anything. I am not sure if it's it.
Any idea how to diagnose the problem? Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
Under the Server Name, I provide SQLEXPRESS which was the set name while installing the server.
As server name, you need to use
.\SQLEXPRESS or (local)\SQLEXPRESS
where the dot . stands for the local machine - SQLEXPRESS is the name of the instance (not the server name itself)

Default server name for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2012

I wanted to use Microsoft SQL Server and thereby installed a fresh copy of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2012. It was an automatic installation and did not ask me for a server name. Right now, I'm stuck at the login screen and not sure what to put as the server name.
I happened to refer few previously posted questions and tried using ".\SQLExpress" as the Server Name, but the following error was displayed
What could be the possible Server Name ?
PS: The system name is "CBEUG".
SQL Management Studio is just that - the management studio tools. It is not the SQL Server itself. For that, you will need to install the SQL Server package.
If you can't see a SQL Server services in Services, it is not installed.
In the Server Name field (where you type the server name) you also have a scroll box with "Browse database..." (or something like that according to the version). That's where all of your databases are so you don't have to remember their names.
Good luck!
Well I was facing same issue and when i have done something like this
Server name : "your computer user name"\SQLExpress
and use your user name and password that you have given while installing the SQL studio.
it will work.
By default it takes the name of the computer
say if the computer name is B,then enter B as server's name with windows authentication

Connect LINQPad to remote SQL Server

Disclaimer: I understand the question is very basic, but I could not find the answer in Google or here, and can not do it myself with guessed configuration.
I want to get started with LINQPad and I have a SQL Server 2005 installed on different machine in the same domain. But I can not connect to that server from LINQPad.
Here is the screenshot:
What do I put as a Server string?
Many thanks in advance!
Update 1: SERVERNAME\MSSQLSERVER does make a difference. Instead of Error
26 (Can not find server instance)
I get error
25 (Connection string is not correct)
I have tried 2 different SQL Servers: SQL 2005 on production server and Sql Server 2008 R2 on local machine, I have tried windows authentication and SQL authentication. And it makes no difference.
But I can connect to both server (2005 and 2008) with MS SQL Server Management Studio with Windows and SQL server authentication. And it's not SQL Server permission issue - I have tried SA user to connect. It works with sqlservermanagementstudio, but not with LINQPad.
Any advice? Is there a setting on SQL Server I need to change?
Update 2: I found the solution to the problem.
Into Server field I had to put SERVERNAME\ without specifying SQLEXPRESS or MSSQLSERVER.
Not very intuitive =(
I found the solution to the problem.
Into Server field I had to put "SERVERNAME\" without any SQLEXPRESS or MSSQLSERVER.
Also as pointed out by #sgmoore, I could just type "LOCALHOST" or "SERVERNAME" and it connected.
Apparently this is SQL Server feature/bug, nothing to do with LINQPad.
UPD You can also use "." to denote "localhost"
You have to know the name of the computer you want and the name of the SQL-Server instance. For example, I have a computer named REB602, and, to use SQLEXPRESS on it (the SQL-Server instance that comes pre-installed with many versions of Visual Studio), then the string I type in is either REB602\SQLEXPRESS or .\SQLEXPRESS. The format is basically <computer-name> \ <instance-name>
I think the default instance-name for the full SQL-Server product is MSSQLSERVER, so if you don't know the name of the instance on the target computer, you can try that.
NOTE: it can take several tries to get a connection, because of the timeouts. I don't know if LinqPad lets you change the timeout -- I didn't see a way. When testing out my answer for you on computer REB602 this morning, I did "Test Connection" at the bottom of the LinqPad dialog box, got success, but the connection still timed out. I had to bring up SSMS (SQL-Server Management Studio, the IDE for SQL Server) to "warm up" my instance of SQLEXPRESS. After that, LinqPad worked like a dream. Don't give up on the first try :)

problem in connecting studio management to sql server

I had installed SQL Server 2008, but faced some complications with that. I then installed SQL Server 2005, and now installed SQL Server Management Studio for SQL Server 2005 successfully.
I am not able to connnect to the server name it suggests.
TITLE: Connect to Server
Cannot connect to POONAM-C586A95C\SQLEXPRESS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This version of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express can only be used to connect to SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 servers. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.ConnectionDlg)
It doesn't show any other option of SQL Server name, though I changed the name as I remembered but for no good.
How can this be solved?
It sounds as if you're trying to connect to the 2008 instance with the 2005 SSMS. It's not clear whether you un-installed the 2008 instance.
Suggest installing the SQL Server 2008 SSMS.
Confirm/modify as needed that you're running the SQL Server instance that you require. This will show you which instances are available.
I would also check to make sure that you're connecting to the correct port. I'm come across a similar error before and the solution was to specify the port to connect to, i.e.
compname\instancename,portnum

How do you set up a Report Server instance?

I'm trying to set up Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. I open the Reporting Services Configuration Manager, and it asks for a Server name. Thing is, I don't know the server name, because as far as I know haven't set a report server up yet. So, how do you set one up for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2? There seems to be plenty of documentation out there how to configure one, but not how to install a new instance.
Server name is the name of the database server. You first have to install SQL server on the server you want to use and then install Reporting Services. When installing SSRS you specify the name of the SQL Server.
It does not have to be on the same machine of course.