Hello! So I have migrated an install from a 2003 server to a 2008 server and I cannot get connected to the SQL DB correctly. I have verified that the remote connection is enabled and the SQL server browser is started. I have tried a ton of permutations of the connection string setting but I am not even sure I am editing it in the correct area?

Here is the error I am getting:

The system cannot connect to the MSSQL database. Please check your connection string.

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningObject, UInt32 waitForMultipleObjectsTimeout, Boolean allowCreate, Boolean onlyOneCheckConnection, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal& connection) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningObject, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal& connection) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection, DbConnectionInternal& connection) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionInternal.TryOpenConnectionInternal(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.TryOpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpenInner(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpen(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() at mojoPortal.Data.DBPortal.DatabaseHelperGetConnectionError(String overrideConnectionInfo) ClientConnectionId:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 Error Number:-1,State:0,Class:20

Here is my connection string statement in the web.config:

<connectionStrings>
    <add key="MSSQLConnectionString" value="server=corpnet3;UID=mojouser;PWD=thepassword;database=corpnet3\mojoportal" />
  </connectionStrings>

Here is the statement in the user.config:

<add key="MSSQLConnectionString" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Database=mojoportal;uid=mojouser;Pwd=thepassword;" />

I am using the full SQL install not MySQL. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong???

Thank you!