Opening an Existing Database

SureSync supports both Access and SQL databases. If you already have a SureSync database you may open it by going to File | Database | Open Existing Database.

Opening an Existing Access Database

To open an existing Access database select 'Open an existing Access/Jet database', enter the path into the 'Jet Database Path' field, and click 'Continue' to load the database. You can also click on the button to the right of the path field to launch a browse panel and select the database there.

Open an Existing SQL Database

To open an existing SQL database select 'Open an existing SQL Server/MSDE database'. You will need to know both the name of the machine running SQL and the name of the SureSync database to open it with SureSync. Enter those two values into the 'Name of SQL Server' and 'Name of SQL Database' fields and then click 'Continue' to load the database.

 

If your SQL Instance is not the default Instance you must specify the Instance in the "Name of SQL Server" field. An example of a non-default instance would be a default installation of SQL Server 2005 Express which uses an Instance named SQLExpress. To open a database in a non-default instance enter ServerName\InstanceName in the "Name of SQL Server" field. For example, Server1\Instance1.