New Win7 installation - LinqPad doesn't display my local SQL server
I just upgraded to a Windows 7 machine, having successfully used LinqPad for a long time on Windows XP.
However, when I try to set up a LinqPad connection to my local SQL server instance, that instance does not appear in the list of servers I can connect to. The only instance that appears is the SQL server Express instance " (localdb)\v11.0 ". When I try to set up a new database connection in Visual Studio (2012), the new connection wizard finds my server just fine.
Am I missing something obvious here?
However, when I try to set up a LinqPad connection to my local SQL server instance, that instance does not appear in the list of servers I can connect to. The only instance that appears is the SQL server Express instance " (localdb)\v11.0 ". When I try to set up a new database connection in Visual Studio (2012), the new connection wizard finds my server just fine.
Am I missing something obvious here?
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The "list of servers" to which you can connect is not exhaustive. Type the server name in manually and you should be fine.
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Aha - excellent, that did the trick. Thanks very much!
I guess I am just so used to the server list in these connection wizards being pre-populated that I didn't even think to enter the server name directly....
