I have a server machine and four client machine for database connectivity.
I installed sqlexpress 2008 in server and one machine and all remaining systems, they have connected the database through the EMS (SQL Manager 2008 for SQL Server ).
The issue is that when I connect the database from that m/c which has sqlexpress 2008 then it gives “Timeout Expired”
But all remaining systems connect to server easily.
Why it gives an error for that particular system.
I didn’t get any proper solution for this issue.
It depends on what do you use to connect: Windows integrated security or SQL Server security?
And also, make sure you are connecting to the right instance of SQL Server on server machine (default instance doesn’t need to specify the instance name, while for named instances you need to connect to \\
Hope this helps,
Bye
cghersi