> osql -E -d CCOP or osql -U sa -P AStrongPassword -d CCOP

>-----Original Message-----
>-d is the switch for the database name, not the instance
name. Use the -S
>switch to specify the instance name.
>
>If you are not sure of the instance name, issue a osql -
L for a list of SQL
>Server instances.
>
>See
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?
url=/library/en-us/acdata/ac_8_mta_01_2r1e.asp
>for more information on running the osql utility.
>
>Terri Morton
>MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
>
>"Ed H" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:0f4301c4ff5e$4c209930$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> When I try to run osql, I get the following error:
>>
>> c:\program files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\
>>
>>> osql -E -d CCOP or osql -U sa -P AStrongPassword -d
CCOP
>>
>> [Shared Memory]SQL Server does not exist or access
denied.
>> [Shared Memory]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).
>>
>> I can start the instance "CCOP" from sqlmangr without
any
>> issue, but when I try to run osql against the
database, I
>> can never get past the startup
>
>
>.
> Thx Terri. I had to re-install amoung other things.