I am installing a new sharepoint WSS v3 Farm onto my 2003 Server 64 Bit, but having issues with connectiong to the database. I have installed SQL 2008 Express and checked in the Config manager that the IP Address is enabled etc, looked at the surface configuration but not sure what to do there, if i need to do anything at all. Can anyone help please?

Hi fastest, Thank you for posting in the Microsoft TechNet forum! From your post, my understanding on this issue is: You can’t connect to SQL server 2008 when you are running the Product and Technologies Wizard. If I'm off base, please feel free to let me know. There are many reasons which can result in this issue. First you can refer to the sixth question in following link to analyze this issue: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepointgeneral/thread/e7653f6d-446a-463d-8382-4bde5988b0e5#6 In addition, you can also refer to the following blog: Troubleshooting SharePoint Connection Problems to SQL Server http://69.37.236.35/blog/blog-moss/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=fcb287b5%2D7a1a%2D4206%2Da04f%2D2a97805e4a25&ID=70 If you have already installed WSS 3.0, you can refer to the following article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2009/10/06/intermittent-database-server-connectivity-and-microsoft-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx Hope this helps. If anything is unclear, please feel free to let us know. Rock WangRock Wang MSFT