SQL Server 2000 MSDE (Desktop Edition) - Configuring MSDE and connecting with
Aqua Data Studio.
Connecting to SQL Server 2000 MSDE with Aqua Data Studio requires that you have remote connections enabled accepting
TCP/IP connections. Once you have TCP/IP network connections enabled, you can connect to SQL Server MSDE using
the hostname and instance name in the Host: parameter.
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1. Installing MSDE with Network Connections enabled: First step is to install MSDE with network connections enabled.
By default, MSDE is installed with network connections disabled. To install MSDE with with network connections, you must
run the setup.exe from the command prompt and specifying the DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0. As described in the MSDE installation
docs ...
Setup Parameters
Installation docs:
MSDE Installation Instructions
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2. Verifing TCP/IP Remote Connections: To verify that your MSDE installation has remote connections enabled you may run
"regedit" to view your registry settings. Verify the following keys ...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\
MSDE\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\ProtocolList=[tcp np]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\
MSDE\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\TcpPort=[Port]
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3. Register Connections: Now, register a server connection in Aqua Data Studio using 'Hostname\SQLEXPRESS' as the hostname
parameter, where Hostname is the hostname or ip address of the SQL Server and SQLEXPRESS is the instance name.
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