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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Fabiof (fabio.folino@gmail.com) writes:   
   > I'm connecting to the server with in a legacy asp application just   
   > fine. The same application has some page in asp but written in   
   > javascript. When I try to connect to the sql server I get the   
   > following error.   
   >   
   > Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005'   
   >   
   > [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or   
   > access denied.   
   >   
   > Here is the connection string. Any help would be appreciated.   
   >   
   >      connection_object = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection");   
   >      connection_object.CursorLocation = 3;   
   >      connection_object.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.   
   > 1;Password=xxx;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxx;Data Source=.   
   > \SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=xxxx;"   
   >   
   >      connection_object.Open();   
      
   So this is the Javascript code? I don't know Javascript, but in some   
   languages \ is used as an escape character, why you need to double it   
   if you want to includee as-is. That is, try:   
      
      Data Source=.\\SQLEXRESS   
      
      
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