An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server
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Hi, Follwing error : -"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) " Version what we are using is Asp.net2.0 + sqlserver2000 Thanks in advance With regards Senthilkumar.T
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Hi, Follwing error : -"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) " Version what we are using is Asp.net2.0 + sqlserver2000 Thanks in advance With regards Senthilkumar.T
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Hi, Follwing error : -"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) " Version what we are using is Asp.net2.0 + sqlserver2000 Thanks in advance With regards Senthilkumar.T
means that your SQL Server is down, your connection string is wrong, or your security settings need to be changed in SQL Server.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.