Error - “The server was not found or was not accessible” when trying to connect to sql server database

Question

I\'m working on a local project and trying to connect to a local database. I have this class in it the connection string:

public class SQLConnection
{
    public         


        

Answer 1

Enable remote connections for SQL Server Express 2012 Most common problems are: 1) Your sql server express is not running. Check it in "sql server configuration manager" 2) server runs but don't allow remote connection. Use sql management studio to configure it.