Greetings,

Newbie here! I've lurked before but just now signed up. Great site and forum.

I bought the book "ASP 2.0 Security" and have been reading about SQL and SQL Express. It's a very good book and I've learned a lot from it.

I'd like to know if you can tell me how to use a connectionString that DOES NOT utilize "user instances". Also can you tell meything else I might need to know for attaching a membership database.

I've been using SQL Express for a while and am fairly familiar wit it.

I want to run two membership site databases (ASPNETDB.mdf) created with VWD Express on one "SQL Express Instance" and avoid the memory overhead and security issues of "user instances".

Many Thanks

Hi again,

I solved the problem by attaching the APSNETDB.MDF file in SSMSE and adding a SQL Authenticated login which I'm using to connect.