Creating a database on a network path

When I try to create a new database on a network path, I get the following error:

"\\server\test\testdatabase.mdf" is on a network path that is not supported for database files.

Am I trying something that isn't possible? Should databases always be stored on the server PC running SQL (Express)?
I'm using Visual Basic Express and SQL Express (installed on a local PC not the server, so the connectionstring is ".\SQLEXPRESS"), TCP/IP is enabled.

Regards, EBAMore about storage in network path in SQL Server can be found here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304261/en-us

Generally spoken, this is not supported.

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.slqserver2005.de|||Jens, thanks very much for your help. It would have taken me quite some time to find this answer. I guess I'll abandon this idea.

Regards, EBA|||

WOW, I am impressed!