I am using SQL EXPRESS EDITION 2005 and Created mdf data file using vb.net 2008. now i want to use this datafile in lan. i modified connection string
“Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=\Server\Data\Data1.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;Connect Timeout=60”
it is showing security info error i want to use single database file for my application please help me with connection string. thank you
I see two possibilities…
One, invalid path in your connection string.
Change your path:
From: \Server\Data\Data1.mdf
To: \\Server\Data\Data1.mdf (notice the extra backslash at the beginning)
Two, your SQL isn’t set up to accept remote connections: