If you are keen on earning your “It works on my machine certification” I have a tip for you. When using SQL express to develop a starter kit for www.asp.net., ensure that you hard code your connection string to a value that is specific to your machine. For example instead of doing it correctly like this:

You should use one like this:

That way you can ensure that it won’t work for anyone that downloads the source code. Thanks again to Joseph for the certification.