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gangadhara.ms
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Posted - 2010-07-19 : 06:10:43
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Hi All,The application team is getting this error while connecting to the server.Error is"A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) "I checked all the possibilities still getting the error.1.SQL Server and SQL Browser should be up and running.2.Enabled remote connection.3.Enabled the SQL Browser service.4.Cheched Firewall and added the exception for Browser as wellPls help me in this regard. |
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