Hi Eric,

 

First thanks for your help.

 

Unfortunately, I was unsccessful at loading the images from the sql db.  I followed your steps very closely.  I  am certain I had the correct connectionstring(HOWARD-LAPTOP\SQLEXPRESS;database=test;.  No mater how I varied things I all ways received the error "A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)".

 

Any other sugestions?

 

Howard