Cant Find MS SQL SERVER in DataSource

hi..

i am using C# eXpress edition 2005..and i have downloaded the SQL Express Edition..

the problem is that i cant find "Microsoft SQL Server" in data sources..

there are only two items listed

-> Microsoft Access DataBase File

-> Microsoft SQL Server Database File

Where do i get "Microsoft SQL Server" ?

hi,

Visual Studio Express editions designers are "designed" to use only "file based" connections and thus User Instances features... you can connect to the "traditional" SQLExpress engine, but only by code and not via the designers..

regards

|||thankXX a lot mate..