How to connect to my MSDE 2000 Rel A

Hi,

I only have Framework installed on my machine, and I also installed MSDE 2000 Rel. A, using the following command:
C:\MSDERelA\setup.exe SAPWD="myPass" INSTANCENAME="myXP"

I can see that the service for this app is running. Though, I could not connect to it using oSql command like the following:
osql -S(local)\myXP -E
or
osql -S(local)\myXP -Usa, and supply the password "myPass".

The message was:
[DBMSLPCN]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
[DBMSLPCN]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).

Any response would be appreciated.

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Subi_IHave you tried

osql -L

to verify the instance name?

If that doesn't help you may also want to check out this link|||Hi McMurdo,

Thanks. The command did help to find my database (my initial post was wrong in specifying the instance name).
And the link really helps for managing MSDE without UI tools.

Thanks,

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Subi_I