title: SQL Server Express 2008 connection string
body: <p>I am trying to configure my connection using SQL Server Express 2008.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me please. My server name is as follows: <code>test\expressql2008</code> and my database is <code>TestDatabase</code></p>
  
  <p>My connectionstring is : </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;add key="hibernate.connection.connection_string" 
       value="Server=localhost\EXPRESSQL2008;Database=TestMyproject;User=Me;Pwd=test;" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seems that the connections isn't working and I get the error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>NHibernate.ADOException : cannot open connection</p>
  </blockquote>