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ElieLB
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 Posted - 2011-10-29 : 14:01:02
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| HiI have SQL Server Management Studio and it was connecting fine to the server on my laptop.. but today I started getting this error when I try to connect:TITLE: Connect to Server------------------------------Cannot connect to ELIELB-VAIO.------------------------------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: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) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2)For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=2&LinkId=20476------------------------------BUTTONS:OK------------------------------Please help what should I do to make it work? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2011-10-29 : 14:03:59
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| check if sql server service on your server is running.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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ElieLB
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-10-29 : 14:07:57
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Originally posted by visakh16
check if sql server service on your server is running.
How can I check that? (I'm new at these things)and getting same error while trying to connect on Visual Studio 2008P.S: I installed IIS yesterday, does it make sense? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2011-10-29 : 14:10:25
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| can you remote login to server machine?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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Sachin.Nand
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Posted - 2011-10-29 : 14:58:17
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| Also can you ping the server ? PBUH |
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ElieLB
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-10-30 : 08:31:40
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| It's working now, I just enabled some things in the configuration manager. Thank you all |
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