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★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ SQL Server ConnectivityMay 13, 2007286 Share 0 0 Users often see this error message when connection to a SQL Server and don't know where to start to solve the problem. In most forums, people named pipes provider, error: 40 - could not open a connection to sql server says this is because remote connection is not enabled on the server. This is not
Provider: Sql Network Interfaces, Error: 26 - Error Locating Server/instance Specified
exactly correct. Actually, this error message give customers very specific information and the solution is quite simple. First of all, you get
Microsoft Sql Server, Error: 53
this error message only if you are trying to connect to a SQL Server named instance. For default instance, you never see this. Why? Because even if we failed at this stage (i.e. error locating server/instance
Error 40 Could Not Open A Connection To Sql Server 2008
specified), we will continue to try connect using default values, e.g defaul TCP port 1433, default pipe name for Named Pipes. You may see other error message due to failure later, but not this error message. Every time client makes a connection to SQL Server named instance, we will send a SSRP UDP packet to the server machine UDP port 1434. We need this step to know configuration information of the SQL instance, e.g., could not open a connection to sql server error 2 protocols enabled, TCP port, pipe name etc. Without these information, client does know how to connect the server and it fails with this specified error message. In a word, the reason that we get this error message is the client stack could not receive SSRP response UDP packet from SQL Browser. It's easy to isolate the issue. Here are the steps:1) Make sure your server name is correct, e.g., no typo on the name. 2) Make sure your instance name is correct and there is actually such an instance on your target machine. [Update: Some application converts \ to . If you are not sure about your application, please try both ServerInstance and Server\Instance in your connection string]3) Make sure the server machineis reachable, e.g, DNS can be resolve correctly, you are able to ping the server (not always true). 4) Make sure SQL Browser service is running on the server.5) If firewall is enabled on the server, you need to put sqlbrowser.exe and/or UDP port 1434 into exception. Once you are done the steps, you should not see this error message anymore. You may still fail to connect your SQL server, but error message should be different and you have a different issue now. [Update: If it still fails, you may replace serverinstance with tcp:serverinstance and/or np:serverinstan
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow named pipes provider could not open a connection to sql server 53 . (microsoft sql server error 53) the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow microsoft sql server error 2 Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of named pipes provider could not open a connection to sql server 53 . linked server 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Why am I getting “Cannot Connect to Server - A network-related or instance-specific error”? up vote 133 down https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sql_protocols/2007/05/13/sql-network-interfaces-error-26-error-locating-serverinstance-specified/ vote favorite 37 I get the following error when trying to connect to SQL Server: Cannot connect to 108.163.224.173. A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18060667/why-am-i-getting-cannot-connect-to-server-a-network-related-or-instance-speci (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1326) This error is thrown when I try to configure my database to gridview in Visual Studio 2010. I'm at a loss as to how to debug this error. How would you debug this error? What steps should I take in order to determine what is really going on here, in addition to the one mentioned in the error message? sql-server azure azure-virtual-machine share|improve this question edited May 26 at 17:00 John 522616 asked Aug 5 '13 at 14:25 Sasa Shree 802263 1 try pinging this server –Zia Aug 5 '13 at 14:28 8 A ping is unreliable for testing SQL Server connectivity, ICMP echo request are disabled by default in Windows Server. An invalid username or password is not what the error is telling you at all, that's a completely different error. –Sean Aug 5 '13 at 14:32 Try this article, it goes through pretty much all the steps you will need to troubleshoot your connectivity problems: social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/… –Sean Aug 5 '13 at 14:33 1 See my answer here with my screen shot if you received this error with SQL Server {version} Express, when setting it up for the first time. I came back to StackOverflow and used my answer again because it was th
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9945409/how-do-i-fix-the-error-named-pipes-provider-error-40-could-not-open-a-connec About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about http://www.technologycrowds.com/2014/02/could-not-open-connection-to-sql-server.html hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up How do I sql server fix the error 'Named Pipes Provider, error 40 - Could not open a connection to' SQL Server'? up vote 55 down vote favorite 14 I can't seem to connect to my database from a site. I get this error: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server I tried using the local IP address to connect as well as could not open a public one. I've tried: Yes, the site can communicate with the server Named pipes/TCP is enabled. Remote connections are allowed. Windows Firewall is off Created an exception for port 1433 in Windows Firewall. Enabled everything in SQL Server Configuration Manager. What else can I do here? sql-server sql-server-2005 database-connectivity share|improve this question edited Jan 6 '13 at 10:27 Peter Mortensen 10.3k1369107 asked Mar 30 '12 at 14:56 Damien 85541833 How are you trying to connect? –Sachin Kainth Mar 30 '12 at 14:57 1 It may be worthwhile checking if SQL Server is actually using port 1433. It may be using something other than the default port. –Rajeev Shenoy Mar 30 '12 at 15:08 How do I find out what SQL server it can't connect to? –Paul McCarthy Aug 5 at 8:28 add a comment| 20 Answers 20 active oldest votes up vote 31 down vote accepted Solving this problem is very easy: Go to control panel. search for services. Open Local services window from your search results Restart your MSSQLSERVER service. Screenshot of the steps: share|improve this answer edited Jan 21 at 5:40 Ed Cottrell♦ 27.2k94068 answere
Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Saturday Could not open a connection to SQL Server Could not open a connection to SQL Server 09:46 by Anjan Kant Introduction One day, I was attempting to connect with MS SQL Server but it didn't succeeded not even after making attempt once more and once more. I ran into error provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server on server. I'm providing you all necessary steps to resolve issue error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server. To succeed this issue, I would recommend to experience gave all strides one by one until your issue get resolve. This error comes out in many ways so that you need to check out all steps provided in this article until you succeed your issue. Detail Error Description: "A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.1016" Step 1: First Step check your SQL services are running fine. Step 2: Click on "Start Window" and expand "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2" and click on "SQL Server Configuration Manager". Step 3: Now click on left pane "SQL Server Services" and check for "SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)" ru