connect database with localhost

try
"(localhost)"

>--Original Message--
>Dear All,
>I have installed MSDE2000sp3 on a XP Professional with
the
>default instance name equal to the computer name (e.g
>COMP1). I have created a database in the local server. I
>want to connect the database by using "localhost" in the
>connection string(e.g. jdbc:inetdae7:localhost), but it
>was unsuccessful and the name "localhost" seems not to be
>recognized.
>For testing, I also try to setup a ODBC DSN
>with "localhost" as the server but also not success. I
can
>only use COMP1 to connect. Please tell me how can I
>connect through "localhost", many thanks..
>.
>
Nope. "(localhost)" is used for IIS. "(local)" or "." addresses the default
SS instance on the local system. This assumes that you installed MSDE as the
default instance and did not name the instance when it was installed.
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"afkir" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> try
> "(localhost)"
> the
> can