Connecting to SQL2005 Developer edition

I'm attempting to connect to and instance of SQL and cannot seam to find it. The server logs says its listening on '127.0.0.1 <ipx4> 1545'.

Kind of stuck what to check next. Will using pipes help? What do I need to do?

Hi,

check if the port listening or not using command prompt as:

netstat -an | find "YOUR PORT NUMBER"

for exampl, my SQL Server is listening to port 1433:

netstat -an | find "1433"

if it's working you'll find that the port is listening to local machine in TCP otherwise maybe there is a problem, you can check the Event Viewer to trace it