Hi,

I tried using the ASP.Net Web Site Administration Tool to setup security for 
a web site I'm creating using VS 2005 C#. When clicking on the Security tab, 
I get the error message: "Unable to connect to SQL Server database". I then 
created the ASPNETDB database with the ASPNET_REGSQL utility in the 
Windows\Microsoft.net\Framework\v2.0.50727 and can now see the database in 
SQL Server Management Studio (I'm running SQL Server 2005). I tried the Web 
Site Administration Tool  and got the same error. It is interesting that the 
tool does not ask for the server name or the database. Is it getting this 
info from some setting setup by the ASPNET_REGSQL utility when creating the 
ASPNETDB database?

I have no problems connecting from my application or VS proper to the 
database, only from the Web Site Administration Tool. What am I missing?

Thanks for any pointers.

"ZZ_Scarab"  wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> I tried using the ASP.Net Web Site Administration Tool to setup security 
> for a web site I'm creating using VS 2005 C#. When clicking on the 
> Security tab, I get the error message: "Unable to connect to SQL Server 
> database". I then created the ASPNETDB database with the ASPNET_REGSQL 
> utility in the Windows\Microsoft.net\Framework\v2.0.50727 and can now see 
> the database in SQL Server Management Studio (I'm running SQL Server 
> 2005). I tried the Web Site Administration Tool  and got the same error. 
> It is interesting that the tool does not ask for the server name or the 
> database. Is it getting this info from some setting setup by the 
> ASPNET_REGSQL utility when creating the ASPNETDB database?
>
> I have no problems connecting from my application or VS proper to the 
> database, only from the Web Site Administration Tool. What am I missing?
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
>