I want to ask you about a problem.
I have developed a windows application that uses a SQL Server database with SQL Server authentication (with a username and password) to log in.
The database is located on a local server which uses the same network as my company computers.
Now I have published the application and installed it on my computer (where I developed it and in which I also have the SQL server installed).
I also installed the application on the computers of some colleagues who do not have any program installed (they do not have Visual Studio or SQL Server installed).
When I try to log in to the application from my computer everything works fine.
(I can enter in application and database communication works very well).
But when I try to log in to the application from other computers (with the same user which I used on my computer before), it does not work.
I get this error:
Named pipes provider error 40 could not open a connection to SQL Server
I did these steps on the server where the application is located as:
Enable TCP / IP in SQL Server Configuration
Open Port in Windows Firewall 1433
Allow remote connections to this server
Can you help me with any suggestions?
I would try creating a ODBC connection to your machine from the client as a quick test - using the ODBC control panel. If that works, then check your connection string in the app. Maybe it's configured as a local connection? (The connection string would be my first guess.)
There are so many things that can be wrong that it a guessing game. This link might help.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/troubleshoot-connecting-to-the-sql-server-database-engine?view=sql-server-ver15
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I have created an Application in VB.NET with database in MSSQL 2014.
I have configured TCP/IP=1433, UDP=1434, Windows Firewall is configured to allow 1433, 1434, sqlserver.exe, sqlbrowser.exe and server's login settings are configured. Application is working on my laptop which is on the same Internet connection as the host computer. I am trying to use the Application on client computer which is on another network and getting NAMED PIPES PROVIDER error40.
This is connection I am using:
Data Source=myServerName;InitialCatalog=dbName;UserId=clientcomputerName;Password=x
Do I need to configure client's computer in any way?
Does your DNS/HOSTS file resolve the remote computer name? Try IP address instead if not. Not sure but not all versions of SQL support remote connections via Named Pipes (can sometimes get round this by using registry hacks to add the connection as ODBC)
i created a vb.net windows application.i have two computers connected with network(LAN).The two computer names are AdminPc1 and AdminPc2.i installed the application and sqlexpress 2005 in AdminPc1 and it works properly. now i installed the application in AdminPc2 and try to connect the database in AdminPc1 and it gives a network error. my sqlserver name is AdminPc1\SqlExpress. i use the same name in the connection string on the second computer.i enabled tcp/ip and named pipes connection in sqlserver configuration manager. am i did anything wrong? if not then how to solve the problem? please help me...thank you.
I tried to setup Remote Desktop Service Deployment in high availability mode over Windows Server 2012 following this link.
Everything works fine. The only issue is with Set-RDConnectionBrokerHighAvailability command. In this command database connection string is working with the IP of database but not with the FQDN of database server. It showed me error that database server is not reachable when I used FQDN. I need that to be work with FQDN.
I am not able to solve my problem but i am able to find a way around. i found another cmdlets Set-RDDatabaseConnectionString. Set-RDDatabaseConnectionString cmdlet configures database connection settings for the SQL Server database used in high availability environments with multiple Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) servers. I used it with FQDN and it works fine.
Thanks
We've been experiencing a strange issue with SQL 2008 R2 (10.50.1600) installed as a named instance. In order for any external clients to connect, we have a certain procedure we have to follow, but should not have to. Now I did in fact open the TCP/IP and Named Pipes protocols on the SQL server and restarted it, this isn't the problem. We're on an Active Directory Domain (running from Server 2003). The problem exists no matter what OS the server or client is (XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, 7, 64bit, 32bit, etc.). The problem also persists from anything which can connect, for example, SQL Management Studio, ADO (from our applications), etc.
The problem is that before any client can connect to this server, each client machine must first connect to this server through ODBC (and we don't use ODBC). Any attempt to connect to a 10.5 SQL server before doing this results in "Server does not exist or access denied". But once we can connect in the ODBC (through Named Pipes), then everything else starts to work. The same issue occurs both when using the Computer Name and IP Address. In fact, if we want to connect with computer name \ instance name, then we have to do so first in the ODBC, and then if we want to connect via the IP address \ instance name, then we have to do the same also for that.
We've been having to do this on every single client computer. Again, once the ODBC is able to connect to this SQL server through Named Pipes, then all future attempts from that client work.
What could be causing this to occur? How to avoid it? I should not have to do this "ODBC Trick" as we've been calling it. I've never had this issue on any other version of SQL.
The issue might be related to the SQL Browser service. Each sql instance will have a different port number - try connecting from the client as IP Address,Port (e.g. 123.123.123.1,1433) - this will exclude DNS and Browser from the equation
Edit: now knowing that it is browser related, try see why clients can't access SQL Browser (usually Port 1434). Service not started? Possibly firewall blocking?
Microsoft have tied down everything security wise now by default, so any new configuration now generally requires quite a bit of detailed security planning, policy configuration, permissions etc. Welcome to the age of non-trust ;)
You could easily test your connection by creating a simple file. Follow the steps here at "How to test an SQL Server connection": http://teusje.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/how-to-test-an-sql-server-connection/
I have a desktop, and a Laptop. The Desktop has Windows 7 64-bit and the Laptop has Vista Ultimate 32-bit. On both machines I have SQL Server 2008 Standard installed.
On the laptop, I open SQL Management Studio and try to connect to the SQL Server on the desktop. It times out.
With SQL Server Config Manager I Enabled TCP/IP and Named Pipes for the client protocols.
In SQL Management Studio, I right clicked on the Database Engine, went to properties, and allowed remote connections. I also created a sql server login named "testuser" and a password. I then added that user as a login for my database and made them the database owner.
I could not figure out how to allow connection to my db throw the windows firewall, so I turned it off.
What am I missing? I made the same changes on my laptop, and I can connect from the Desktop to the Laptop in Management Studio?
Do you have a checklist?
Thanks.
UPDATE:
I turned off antivirus. Ran NetStat -a and the listener is listening.
If your login attempt takes about 30 seconds to timeout, then it's some kind of network connectivity problem (or SQL isn't listening properly). A permissions problem would come back after a few seconds, so the long wait says it's connection-related.
If you run "NETSTAT -a" on the server, so you see SQL Server listening on port 1433? If not, then maybe the SQL TCP Listener isn't configured properly on the server - there should be events in the Windows Event log to this effect when the SQL Service starts up.
Please edit your question with the results and we can go from there.
Try using Telnet to see if the laptop can see the desktop via port 1433.
Open a command prompt on the laptop and enter:
telnet DesktopNameOrIPAddress 1433
Press Enter, and you should either see a connection failed error, or a blank screen. If you get the blank screen, the connection was established. Press CTRL-] to break out of it, then type "quit" and enter to quit.
If the connection failed, attempt to resolve the general network issue with port 1433 before bothering to use the SQL Server tools.
If you have any other anti-virus software running, it may also have a firewall built in. I know that McAfee does, for instance. Check for that.
You've probably already thought of this, but have you checked that the server is configured to allow Mixed Mode Authentication? I have not had access to 2008, but I seem to remember that at least one of the previous versions was configured to disallow sql logins by default.
I assume you already did what you have to do on the OS level. Or maybe tried to link the server to see if you can actually traverse your network. Let me suggest a quick test. Check if you can actually test connectivity by creating a Universal Data Link. In case you don't know how to do this, create a new text file in your desktop (or anywhere) and change the .txt file extension to .udl; then just open it. See if your other server is "viewable" over the network (Don't forget to change the Provider to OLE DB Provider for SQL Server).
Is the SQL Browser Service running on the server you are trying to access? (By default this is disabled, and you'll need that to access SQL Server remotely)