MrData,
Thanks for coming back on my question.
It's right that I use the SQL server developer edition. I did not create the database as you mentioned in the intall instruction. What I did is a bit like you mentioned in your reply to my question
- I created the database using SQL server management studio, I named the database forums_yafvwd. Is the name change matters?
- then in VS 2005, I created the connectionstring in server Explorer against this database forums_yafvwd, and I copied the connection string to the connection string in web.config.
Then I put the application under IIS and lauched the application in IIS. The install goes fine until the step "Create Forum". By this step, I could see the database, views, stored procedures are all created in the database. I see them in SQL server management studio. But I could not see the triggers yet at this stage.
Then the issue comes. When I validate this step by click next, it comes the message that it could not connect to SQL server database. So I wonder the issue?
- is it because the user instance? It must matters, where I could change then?
- is it because I have to put in a real smtp? I am testing in IIS, I don't know what to put there.
Really want to make it works too in VS2005 and against SQL 2005. Thanks for further advice.