[Help]Just 1 Simple Q regarding server name

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i use The Word (local) everywhere in these odbc entries
is there some harm in doing it ??
will my server not run if i dont specify different name coz they dont work :(((

I.E "Server"="(local)"

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\A3Friend]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="FriendDB"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\A3RcvResult]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="A3ItemEvent"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\A3SerialList]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="A3ItemEvent"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\EventA3]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="ASD"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\FriendDB]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="HSDB"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\HSDB]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="HSDB"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\LETTERDB]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="FriendDB"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\LocalServer]
"Description"=""
"Server"="(local)"
"Trusted_connection"=""
"UseProcForPrepare"="Yes"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\Login202]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="ASD"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\NEWASD]
"Driver"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll"
"Server"="(local)"
"Database"="ASD"
"LastUser"="sa"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources]
"LocalServer"="SQL Server"
"A3RcvResult"="SQL Server"
"A3SerialList"="SQL Server"
"FriendDB"="SQL Server"
"NEWASD"="SQL Server"
"Login202"="SQL Server"
"LETTERDB"="SQL Server"
"EventA3"="SQL Server"
"A3Friend"="SQL Server"
"HSDB"="SQL Server"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC File DSN]
"DefaultDSNDir"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\ODBC\\Data Sources="(local)"

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"local" here is you SQL Server name... its like the Machine Name if u don't want to use local then u have to use the proper server name thr...

just tell me is it ok to use it or not
ne problem in using it?

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Originally Posted by pranaydeep21

just tell me is it ok to use it or not
ne problem in using it?

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Use the server name found in the Service Manager. Replace local with it.