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   Gene Wirchenko to esquel@sommarskog.se   
   Re: Connecting to SQL Server 2008 Expres   
   14 Mar 11 16:05:56   
   
   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:35:16 +0100, Erland Sommarskog   
    wrote:   
      
   >Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >>      I figure that it is similar between different languages, but I do   
   >> not know that it is not necessary to do something in SQL Server first   
   >> to make the data accessible.  I need both pieces.   
   >   
   >Connecting from Visual FoxPro is nothing different than connecting from   
   >SQL Server Management Studio or any other application. You need to   
   >have a valid login and if you connect from a different machine, SQL Server   
   >must accept connections over TCP/IP or named pipes, and there must not   
   >be any firewall in the way.   
      
        Thank you.  Some of the blur that I tried to follow seemed to   
   indicate the opposite.  Sometimes, the Web is rather sticky.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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