When trying to use ASPNet_RegSQL (v4.0.30319) with a named instance with port specified (i.e. -Sserver\instance,#####), I get the error "The argument '-SMyServer\MyInstance,12345' is invalid.".
Is there a work-around for this issue? This is for connecting to a named instance "in the cloud" that does not provide SQL Browser identification of the port, so a port specification is required.
I am able to use this server specification with sqlcmd.exe successfully. It appears to be a limitation of the ASPNet_RegSQL application.
Trying to run ASPNet_RegSQL with -S specification that includes port number.
Expected it to "work".
Instead got error "The argument '-SMyServer\MyInstance,12345' is invalid."
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I find in Microsoft's own SQL Server documentation a very brief explanation of multipart names (server.database.schema.object) -- see link to Transact-SQL syntax conventions. However, I do not find there any information or an example of specifying a port when something other than the default port is used by the targeted SQL Server instance.
I did find elsewhere an example with named instance, like "server\instance".db.schema.table, but what if I know only the port number, not any instance name?
How do I indicate the SQL Server instance's port number in the four-part name server.db.schema.table? Can you please provide an example? Thanks.
While connecting to sybase, i'm trying to start my server using
startserver
but, i have encountered the above error.
The usual way to start a Sybase instance is:
startserver -f RUN_SERVER_FILENAME
e.g RUN_MY_INSTANCE or similar depending on what your Sybase instance is called. Once its started correctly then you should be able to connect. This is usually in the $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/install directory on a default installation for Unix.
More info here:http://infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.infocenter.dc30191.1570100/doc/html/san1367605056632.html
Are you getting any other messages? You should look at the instance errorlog to check for problems on startup.
Is it possible to connect LOCALHOST DatabaseEgnine without providing the computer name like MyComputerName\LOCALHOST ?
(I use SQL Server 2012 - Standard Edition installed)
MyComputerName\LOCALHOST is named instance called LOCALHOST on your computer. To connect to it you must either specify the instance name (and have the SQL Server Browser service running) or specify the listening port explicitly (and have the instance configured to listen to static port, non-default since default is dynamic ports). So any of the below will work:
.\LOCALHOST
localhost\LOCALHOST
local\LOCALHOST
127.0.0.1\LOCALHOST
machinename\LOCALHOST
.:<port>
localhost:<port>
127.0.0.1:<port>
etc
Is very unlikely you actually wanted to install a named instance called LOCALHOST. You probably didn't read the setup dialogs and misconfigured the instance name. My recommendation would be to install it again, choosing a default instance (ie. unnamed) or a more convenient and less confusing instance name.
you can use . as servername
e.g.
.\mssqlserver
.\sqlexpress
For Default Instance:::
(local) or . (it is a dot)
Named Instance:
(local)\InstanceName (or) .\InstanceName
I am trying to understand the differences between the following 2 connectionstrings.
one uses servername\instancename and the other one uses the server ip address.
Can I specify port number for "serverName\instanceName".
I know you can specify port number for ip address, something like '10.0.0.1,xxx'.
thanks,
Server=myServerName\theInstanceName;Database=myDataBase;Trusted_Connection=True;
Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Trusted_Connection=True;
Quite briefly:
if you have just server=(machinename) or server=(ipaddress) then you're connecting to the default instance of SQL Server on that machine (no name for the instance)
if you have server=(machinename)\InstanceName, then you're connecting to a named instance of SQL Server on that machine
Each physical server machine can have one default instance of SQL Server, and any number of named instances (names must be different, obviously).
To connect to a named instance and specify a non-standard port, use this syntax here:
server=(machinename)\InstanceName,xxxx
or
server=(ip-address)\InstanceName,xxxx
where the xxxx stands for the port you want to use.
Mostly, its unimportant if you don't have duplicate instances.
For example, SQL supports multiple instances on the same box as a way of isolating running instances. Most of the time, you will never do this, and thus can get away with using the IP address in the connection string. If for some reason, you need to run multiple instances of SQL server on the same machine, you need to specify which instance you actually want to connect to.
This covers it in more detail.
I am trying to connect to a biztalk instance over the network, and not being all that successful. The SQL server with the biztalk databases on it has named pipes disabled. When I try to connect to the server that has biztalk installed, it gives a named pipes error. When I try to connect to the database server, it just times out and gives an error that covers virtually every scenario under the sun (basically it can't connect and it doesn't know why)
If I try to connect with SQL Server Management Studio it works. If I try to make a dsn, it works. If I try to go through biztalk, it dies. If I try to go through biztalk with the tcp: prefix, it dies. If I force named pipes on the other two, it dies.
Is there any way from the Connect to existing group dialog to force using TCP/IP as the transport?
To force tcp , try "tcp:servername" (or "tcp:servername\instancename,port")
This can be done without setting an alias or default protocol with SQL tools
There are alternatives to why you may get the error though:
The named pipes error can be misleading, It usually just means "can't find server"
firewalls etc are blocking access to either the SQL instance
... or SQL listener port 1434 thats enumerates instance/ports
do you get any error messages in system or application log?
you may need to check some of the shapes - ports etc as there may be
http://www.biztalkserverguide.com/2008/02/04/biztalk-server-throwing-named-pipes-error-40-could-not-open-a-connection-to-sql-server/
declared a variable called btsConnString (string), this varable was not set to the connection string, it was blank ( by mistake), things were working as expected without issue. On the Stage As the btsConnString wasn’t assigned a connection string, it was throwing the error
Also look at MSDTC issues for connection DTC Test is here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293799 and if you can install on both servers use DTCPing
also look at theseThe majority of Microsoft SQL Server issues that affect Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 fall into one of the following categories:
I believe I had something similar fairly recently - BizTalk would try to connect to the SQL box using named pipes for some obscure reason, which would time out.
We've using the registry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Client\SuperSocketNetLib) to force it to try TCP first (and last, and we haven't specified any other protocol) and it seemed to do the trick.
See details here
I know this is an extremely old thread but for reference with the exact same problem. I ended up creating an alias to the instance in SQL Server Configuration Manager. Your alias would look like this: Alias = Aliasname Value = Server\Instance. Then put Aliasname as your datasource in your connection string. Seems to me BizTalk doesn't understand the backslash (\) in the connection string. It must have the a single word.