You need to change the value in the "Server:" textbox from "machine_name" to "machine_name\SQLExpress" in order to get it to work correctly. The handling will be improved in the next release of EPiServer Manager.

Now I have tried this but it still does not work. I have also enabled remote connection for both TCP\IP and Named Pipes in the SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration utility but to no avail. It does not find the sql server. Any body got any ideas?

We have upgraded the site http://r.ep.se from MSDE to MS SQL 2005 Express (the freeware version) in order to see if it might be possible to bundle the Express with EPiServer. From the limitations with Express, 2GB dataase and 1GB RAM it looks like it might power some pretty large sites. We will do some performance tests in the near future. I will ask Johan (who upgraded the server) to take a look at your problems. rgds, Mikael Runhem, EP

Verify that tcp/ip (or named pipes, whichever is appropriate for your setup) really is enabled in SqlServer Configuration Manager.(tcp/ip is disabled by default) /johan

Hi all! I found out what the problem was. The database was created with the compability level set to 9.0. When I changed it to 8.0 it worked fine. Pontus

Hi Pontus Where did you change compability level? In the installation process of SQL Express? Thanks! Daniel

I now have stumbled into the same problem.. Ive done everything up to the comp level. Where do I set that?

I found out how and here it is if anyone else run into the problem: I found it after some searching. I installed the program "Microsoft SQl Server management Studio Express" from microsoft (works like enterprice manager for sql server 2000) and there I was able to change the compability level on the database. Though i still have problem installing EPiServer but I wrote about that in other thread.