http://blogs.msdn.com/angelsb/archive/2005/10/20/483206.aspxSql Express is going to be a good match for the Sql Server 2005 JDBC provider, it is free, it is relatively easy to set up and deploy and it has all the power of Sql Server 2005 for low end applications. There are a few things to keep in mind when usingen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/angelsb/archive/2005/10/20/483206.aspx#493271Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:40:27 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:493271Manni WoodThanks for the sample! Works great.http://blogs.msdn.com/angelsb/archive/2005/10/20/483206.aspx#493275Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:58:53 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:493275VictorThx for providing an easy understanding example :) <br>I got a question here which may be silly but it does trouble me for a long period: how do you specify the database name? (i.e. something like the string &quot;DatabaseName='xxx'&quot; that used to existed within the URL String in SQL 2000 version)http://blogs.msdn.com/angelsb/archive/2005/10/20/483206.aspx#493703Thu, 17 Nov 2005 05:20:34 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:493703VictorDon't worry about my question any more. Just awared that keyword 'DatabaseName' should starts with a lower case d('databaseName').http://blogs.msdn.com/angelsb/archive/2005/10/20/483206.aspx#508237Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:06:32 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:508237Jeremy WongI get the following error... <br> <br>Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Failed Logon:com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Failed connection to named instance [SQLEXPRESS] [java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out] url:jdbc:sqlserver://localhost\SQLEXPRESS;databaseName=Jobs.NET;trustedAuthentication=true <br> at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(Unknown Source) <br> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:525) <br> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193)