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ermiassene
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5 Posts

Posted - 2008-02-17 : 10:25:18
this Message it could block my work for one weeks plz help me the one who suffer this kind of problem "An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)"

rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2008-02-17 : 16:25:46
Is sql running? Is named pipes enabled on the server? Tried connect with tcp/ip protocol?
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