You're still missing the closing " in your inner connection string.

Just compare yours with mine and search for " to see what I mean.

Cheers,

Imar

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Just a follow up on the discussion.

What finally worked was to delete

the name used for localDB

which seems to make perfectly logical sense, since earlier in the line I use the command
naming the database at the webserver

Just to let you know, I have read both the 4.0 and 4.5 books and think they are the best. I also appreciate all of the forum help which has been invaluable

Thanks so much,
Cliff