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Asked: 2026-06-09T16:52:09+00:00

I am using VS 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2. My challenge is how

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I am using VS 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2. My challenge is how to fix the web.config which has default SQLEXPRESS.

My database is on SQL Server 2008 R2. I would like my connection string to point to SQL Server R2. This server is on my local machine however SQLEXPRESS was installed when I installed VS 2010.

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  1. Editorial Team

    When you use SqlExpress your connection string looks like:

    Data Source=.\SqlExpress

    Replace it with:

    Data Source=localhost

    If your instance has a name (not the default instance, you need to define it in setup):

    Data Source=localhost\instanceName
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