I have MSDE installed as a result of using Visual Basic.net.

By coincidence I'm also doing a course in database systems & concepts.

I thought it would be a good idea to use MSDE to practice my sql skill (creating databases, tables, populating the tables and querying them using sql).

How do I do this. There is no documentation with MSDE telling you how you can do these things. I've tried using access to create a database and save it to the server, but it doesn't seem to see it. I know that it is running as there is an icon in my system tray telling me it is running and that it is called \\main.

I know that this is a real low level question, but I'd appreciate any help that tells me how to access and use it.

Thanks
Curlydog