Connectivity Pack & SQL Server Express

I am considering purchasing the connectivity pack but am
unsure if it will work with SQL Server Express (advanced edition).
I really don't want to purchase the full blown SQL Server 2005 so
your help would be greatly appreciated!

Here is a follow up from adobe techincal support.
Thank you for contacting Technical Support.
You wanted to know if RoboEngine could be integrated with SQL
Server Express. Just like what is indicated in the TechNote, The
version of the SQL Server that is supported is 7/ 2000. When
RoboEngine was developed, it was tested to work with this version
only of SQL Server. That is why our support is limited up to this
version of the SQL server.
I hope this information has helped you.
I think I would have felt better if they just said, "No, it
wont work." Anyway, I don't want to spend the money on the CP if a
newer roboengine will come out that "should" support a new
database.

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How to Configure Remote Connections To SQL Server 2008 R2 Express

Post written June 10, 2010 and pertains to:
SQL Server 2008 R2 Express on both my server and local machines: SQLX_SRV,
SQLX_LOC
SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio on both my server and local machines:
MS_SRV, MS_LOC
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise installed on a Hyper-V VPS: WS
SQL Server Configuration Manager on both my server and local machines:
CMGR_SRV, CMGR_LOC
Server Manager: SMGR
I am connecting to my hosting server via Remote Desktop Connection: RDC
I installed SQLX_SRV and MS_SRV on my hosting server and SQLX_LOC and MS_LOC on my local development machine. I am able to use MS_LOC to connect to SQLX_LOC and to use MS_SRV to connect to SQLX_SRV. However I am not able to use MS_LOC to connect
with SQLX_SRV. Here's what I have done so far:
SMGR -> Configuration -> Windows Firewall to turn off the Windows Firewall for Domain, Private and Public profiles. Obviously I'll change this later, but until I can connect I want to remove as many variables as possible.
CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Services to confirm that both SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) and SQL Server Browser services were running.
CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Network Configuration -> Protocols for SQLEXPRESS to ENABLE the Shared Memory, Named Pipes, and TCP/IP protocols and DISABLE the deprecated VIA protocol.
CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Network Configuration -> Protocols for SQLEXPRESS -> double click TCP/IP to open the TCP/IP properties dialogue. On the Protocol tab Enabled: Yes, Keep Alive: 30000, changed Listen All to No. I've tried it both
ways, but I've got six IP addresses on my server and I wanted to configure SQLEXPRESS to listen to only the first and primary IP. On the IP Addresses tab went to IPALL and cleared the TCP Dynamic Ports field and entered 1433 in the TCP Port field.
For my first and primary IP Address I made sure that Enabled was Yes, I cleared the TCP Dynamic Ports field, and entered 1433 in the TCP Port field. For all other IP Addresses Enabled was set to No and I cleared both the TCP Dynamic Ports and TCP Port
fields.
CMGR_SRV -> SQL Server Services -> SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) right click and Restart. This of course stopped and restarted my instance of SQLX_SRV enabling the TCP/IP configuration in the previous step to take effect.
On my server, SQLX_SRV is the only instance of SQL Server running and so it's easy to hard wire it to the default port 1433.
The instance name for both SQLX_SRV and SQLX_LOC is the default "SQLEXPRESS". My server machine name is "SERVER1" on the EnglishBrains.com domain. So the proper local name (local within the context of my remote server as connected via RDC) for
my instance of SQLX_SRV would be:
SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS
Note the use of a backslash NOT a forward slash.
Of course to connect remotely from my development machine, which is not on the same domain as my hosting server, I would need to specify the domain as well, so the SQL Server name becomes:
SERVER1.EnglishBrains.com\SQLEXPRESS
I must also use SQL Server Authentication. Before I can use such a remote connection, however, there are still several configuration steps required. So on my server (connected via RDC) I used MS_SRV to connect to SQLX_SRV using SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS
for the server name and Windows Authentication. Once connected I performed the following steps:
MS_SRV -> right click the connected parent SERVER1\SQLEXPRESS instance node at the top -> Properties -> Security -> Server authentication: select "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode". This will enable connections using either type
of authentication.
Next, leaving the Server Properties dialogue open, Connections -> check "Allow remote connections to this server" box.
Click OK to save these changes and close the Server Properties dialogue.
MS_SRV -> Security -> right click Logins and select "New Login...", the Login - New dialogue opens.
On the General page Enter a name for your new login
Select SQL Server Authorization
Enter and confirm a password
Uncheck Enforce password expiration
Select the default Database and Language
On the ServerRoles page Public will be checked, also check SysAdmin. This is probably not a good idea and I'll uncheck this as soon as I can connect to the SQLX_SRV.
On the User Mapping page select the databases you want your new Login to access and enter the Default Schema of "dbo".
At the bottom of the User Mapping page you'll see the Database Roles table. Public will be selected by default. Also select db_Owner. Again this is probably not a good idea, and I'll refine this once I can connect.
On the Status page confirm that "Grant" is checked under "Permission to connect to database engine" and "Enable" is checked under "Login".
Click OK to save all changes and close the Login - New dialogue.
With these steps completed you should now be able to use MS_SRV to connect to SQLX_SRV using SQL Server Authentication by supplying the name and password for your new Login. I tried this and it worked fine. Next I tried to use this same login
remotely, that is I went to my local development machine and used MS_LOC to try and connect to SQLX_SRV by using
SERVER1.EnglishBrains.com\SQLEXPRESS
and opting for SQL Server Authentication and supplying the name and password of my new login.
THIS DID NOT WORK?? Instead I get the following error message:
Cannot connect to SERVER1.EnglishBrains.com\SQLEXPRESS.
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider:
SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: -1)
For help, click:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=-1
If you follow the suggested help link, you are told:
The SQL Server client cannot connect to the server. This error could be caused by one of the following reasons:
A specified SQL Server instance name is not valid.
The TCP, or named pipes protocols are not enabled.
The firewall on the server has refused the connection.
The SQL Server Browser service (sqlbrowser) is not started.
WRONG on all 4 counts! The instance name IS valid. Both TCP/IP and Named Pipes protocols are enabled. The firewall has been shut down, so it is not relevant. Finally the SQL Server Browser IS started.
The next thing I tried was to circumvent discovery by the SQL Browser service by using the following syntax to specify the IP address and port directly when specifying the SQL Server name.
tcp:68.71.134.186,1433
Using this in the Server Name field I was able to use MS_SRV to successfully connect to SQLX_SRV (using SQL Server Authentication of course) with or without the SQL Browser service running.
However when I tried to connect from MS_LOC to SQLX_SRV using this same login (WITH SQL Browser service running just for good measure) it does not work?? I get the following error message:
Cannot connect to tcp:68.71.134.186,1433.
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider:
TCP Provider, error: 0 - A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 10060)
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=10060&LinkId=20476
If you follow the help link you are told:
"The SQL Server client cannot connect to the server. This error could occur because either the firewall on the server has refused the connection or the server is not configured to accept remote connections."
However, the firewall has been shut down and the server HAS been configured to accept remote connections!
I confirmed that i could indeed Ping to 68.71.134.186 and running NetStat -a |find /i "listening" on the server shows that the server is indeed listening at 68.71.134.186 Port 1433 -- which is why I was able to connect to SQLX_SRV using MS_SRV with
tcp:68.71.134.186,1433 .
IN SUMMARY: Even though I can connect to my SQLEXPRESS instance multiple ways from the server itself, I cannot connect remotely from my development machine!
If anyone can help me figure out why I would be very, very grateful!

My two cents to help you out on c# code example to configure the remote sql server express.
Hope it helps. It works, but you have to be extra carefull to read it all and setup the server configuration and netsh commands; also the port fowarding on the router.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
namespace sqlremoteconnection
class Program
static void Main(string[] args)
// this is the local sql server connection
// 192.168.1.101\SQLEXPRESS
// now, the configuration for remote access:
// activate SQL SERVER BROWSER - set it to start "automatic"; then START UP
// SQL Server Configuration Manager
// --> SQL SERVER BROWSER -> properties -> Service -> Start Mode -> automatic -> apply
// --> Log On -> Start -> Ok
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            // netsh firewall set portopening protocol = UDP port = 1434 name = SQLPort mode = ENABLE scope = all profile = CURRENT
            // netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = SQLPort dir = in protocol = tcp action = allow localport = 1433 remoteip = any profile = PUBLIC
            // netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = SQLPort dir = in protocol = udp action = allow localport = 1434 remoteip = any profile = PUBLIC
// VERY IMPORTANT FOR REMOTE ACCESS: you have to add the rules on port fowarding
// on the router!!!
// TCP: 1433
// UDP: 1434
// or just a personal port like TCP 31433/UDP 31434
// read carefully the netsh commands above
// server name: 123.132.24.177\SQLEXPRESS
// server name: anyurl.myftp.org\SQLEXPRESS,1433 <<-- regular port
// server name: anyurl.myftp.org\SQLEXPRESS
// server name: anyurl.myftp.org\SQLEXPRESS,31433 <<-- WOW different PORT here!!!
SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(
"user id=sa;" +
"password=password_goes_here!;" +
"server=anyurl.myftp.org\\SQLEXPRESS,31433;" +
//"Trusted_Connection=no;" +
"database=database_name_here; " +
"connection timeout=30");
try
myConnection.Open();
catch (Exception e)
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
try
SqlDataReader myReader = null;
SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand("select * from mytable", myConnection);
myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader();
while (myReader.Read())
Console.WriteLine(myReader["tab01_name"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine(myReader["tab01_age"].ToString());
catch (Exception e)
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
try
myConnection.Close();
catch (Exception e)
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
Adelino Araujo

Cannot connect to SQL Server 2008 R2 Express

I have a database application that connects to the Northwind sample db in MS Access and lets the user perform CRUD operations.
Now I want to add the same for MS SQL Server, however, I have trouble connecting to it using this connection string:
I changed the server properties in SQL Server Management Studio to allow windows and SQL Server authentication, yet, I still get this exception when trying to open the connection:
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.
(provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)
I thought it might be because the server is not allowing remote connections and followed this guide to allow remote connections:
http://www.linglom.com/2009/03/28/enable-remote-connection-on-sql-server-2008-express/
But the SQL Server windows service won't start. The Browser works fine, but the server doesn't do anything.
When trying to start it I get this error:
The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fashion. Consult the event log or other applicable error logs for details.
The event log says:
2011-07-07 17:02:55.35 spid51 Starting up database 'Northwind'.
2011-07-07 17:02:59.98 spid51 Starting up database 'Northwind'.
2011-07-07 17:03:03.68 spid53 Starting up database 'Northwind'.
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2011-07-07 17:03:07.76 spid55 Starting up database 'pubs'.
2011-07-07 17:03:08.89 spid55 Starting up database 'pubs'.
2011-07-07 17:03:09.30 spid55 Starting up database 'pubs'.
2011-07-07 17:04:11.37 spid55 Starting up database 'pubs'.
2011-07-07 17:08:17.28 spid52 Attempting to load library 'xplog70.dll' into memory. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
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However, when starting SQL Server Management Studio, I can normally work with the databases, perform CRUD operations, etc.
I was wondering if it might be a connection string issue.
I'm using this string:
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I added the Northwind database as data source to the project and the connection string is in the app.config:
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using this code to access it:
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Keyword not supported: 'provider'.
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Here is an active Sql connection string we use currently from our app.config file:
<connectionStrings>
<clear/>
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here is one for Sql Express:
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SQL Server Express 2008 no longer accepting remote connections

Last night our SQL Server Express 2008 (running on Windows 2003 server) stopped accepting remote connections.
1. We restarted the SQL Server -- no resolution.
2. We rebooted the host Windows 2003 server - no resolution.
3. telnet localhost 1433: says Could not open connection to the host on port 1433... connection failed.
4. netstat -an indicates that the server is not listening on port 1433
5. SQL Server Network Configuration -> Protocols for SQLEXPRESS2008A -> (properties) -> TCP-IP (enabled), Listen All (yes)
6. SQL Native Client 10.0 Configuration -> Client Protocols -> (properties) TCP-IP (enabled), Default port (1433)
Fragment from the server error log:
2014-03-26 08:50:41.09 Server      A self-generated certificate was successfully loaded for encryption.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv4> 1026].
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Server local connection provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\SQLLocal\SQLEXPRESS2008A ].
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Server named pipe provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS2008A\sql\query ].
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      Dedicated administrator connection support was not started because it is disabled on this edition of SQL Server. If you want to use a dedicated administrator connection, restart SQL Server using the
trace flag 7806. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      The SQL Server Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Error: 0x54b, state: 3. Failure to register an SPN may cause integrated authentication
to fall back to NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server      SQL Server is now ready for client connections. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.29 spid10s     Clearing tempdb database.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.89 spid10s     Starting up database 'tempdb'.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.09 spid13s     The Service Broker protocol transport is disabled or not configured.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.09 spid13s     The Database Mirroring protocol transport is disabled or not configured.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.14 spid13s     Service Broker manager has started.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.14 spid7s      Recovery is complete. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:53.48 spid51      Attempting to load library 'xpstar.dll' into memory. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:53.48 spid51      Using 'xpstar.dll' version '2007.100.1600' to execute extended stored procedure 'xp_enumerrorlogs'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:51:35.68 spid54      Starting up database 'Web TimeSheet2'.
2014-03-26 08:51:38.47 spid54      Recovery is writing a checkpoint in database 'Web TimeSheet2' (6). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Note: the lines referring to xpstar.dll is new after this porblem. Previous logs do not have this,Any help will be appreciated.

Hi,
>>Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv4> 1026].
Your sql server is not listening on default port 1433 but on 1026.When you connect to instance like hostname\instancename you should specify post no also.
like hostname\instancename ,1026
Can you try this.Makes sure TCP/IP and named pipes protocol is enabled
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