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i'm running visual studio 2005 (vb) sql 2005 installed. tried add sql database , says sql express not installed. , here thinking sqlexpress vs express. i not want use old crippled handicap sql express database... how use regular sql database? thanks. for starters, sql express hardly old, came out @ same time sql server 2005 , based on sql server 2005 engine. secondly sql express installed default version of visual studio. doesn't mean can't have other versions of sql server installed on machine. now answer question, think problem selecting when attempt add database. if select "microsoft sqlserver database file", vs attempt use sql express user instance require sql express installed, sql express feature. need select "microsoft sql server" entry, , connect appropriate instance of sql server. drae wrote: i not want use old crippled handicap sql express database... how use regular sql database? thanks. ...