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vs.satheesh
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Posted - 2012-07-05 : 10:11:31
Hi

In my production server i am using sqlserer 2005 enterprice edition service pack3.operating system is windows 2003 server. i am facing following problem in all the client machine in some time.

"A network related or instance specific error occured while establishing a connection to sqlserver. the server was not found or was not accessible.vefy that the instance name is correct and sql serefvr is configured to allow a remote connection (Provider : Named pipes prvider error:40 -Could not open connection to sqlserver ) (Micro soft sqlserver Error, Error:2)"

In this error occured while i am try to connect sqlserver.once restart my database server this problem automatically solved.but daily once or twice i am getting this problem.Please give me a solution ...?

tkizer
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38200 Posts

Posted - 2012-07-05 : 11:55:32
Try connecting with tcp/ip instead. And try servername,portnumber. You can setup an alias for this.

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