Default instance name of SQL Server Express

Question

I don t have access to a SQL Server Express installation at the moment  but I know that the installer usually installs SQL Server Express with an instance name  What is the default instance name for SQL Server Express installations  I e   how do you access such an installation by default  Is it localhost SQLEXPRESS    Is the same name used for both 2005 and 2008 servers

User · Answer

If you navigate to where you have installed SQLExpress, e.g.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn

You can run SQLLocalDB.exe and get a list of the all instances installed on your machine.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn>SqlLocalDB.exe info
MSSQLLocalDB
ProjectsV12
v11.0

Then you can get further information on the instance.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn>SqlLocalDB.exe info MSSQLLocalDB Name: MSSQLLocalDB
Version: 13.0.1601.5
Shared name:
Owner: Domain\User
Auto-create: Yes
State: Stopped
Last start time: 22/09/2016 10:19:33
Instance pipe name:

User · Answer

in my case the right server name was the name of my computer  for example John-PC  or somth

User · Answer

You re right  it s localhost SQLEXPRESS  just no    and yes  it s the same for both 2005 and 2008 express versions

User · Answer

Should be   SQLExpress  or localhost SQLExpress no   sign at the end  See also here http   www connectionstrings com sql-server-2008

User · Answer

The default instance name after installing is   Server name         SQLExpress   Authentication       Windows Authentication   Note  The period in the server Name field means your local machine  For remote machines  use the machine name instead of the period   This video also helps you to Find your sql server name  instance  for Management Studio

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When installing SQL Express  you ll usually get a named instance called SQLExpress  which as others have said you can connect to with localhost SQLExpress   If you re looking to get a  default  instance  which doesn t have a name  you can do that as well  If you put MSSQLServer as the name when installing  it will create a default instance which you can connect to by just specifying  localhost    See here for details    MSDN Instance Configuration

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