Ziad Adada


Hi

I am trying to connect to another sql server in my company using the IP address for exmp. : 111.111.1.1\SQL2005 but it show this message:

Connections through a server alias, IP address, or any other alternate name are not supported. it was working well on SQL2000

Please help




Re: Connections through a server alias, IP address, or any other alternate name are not supported.

Gary Chen


Have you tried to create an alias in SQL server configuration manager

Gary






Re: Connections through a server alias, IP address, or any other alternate name are not supported.

Ziad Adada

Yes I did and is still not accepting




Re: Connections through a server alias, IP address, or any other alternate name are not supported.

Tarek Ghazali

Hi Ziad,

Can you explain what you did exactly did you create the following:

1-create alisan name : mysecondserver

2-port: by default empty , you need to specify the port in case you have firewall issue.

3-protocol: TCP/IP or other..

4-server: IP\instance_name

NB: to be sure about server name on the second server select @@servername in query window on the second server.

If you still cannot connect , please send me a direct email, you can find it on my site and i will try to discuss it with you.

Tarek Ghazali

SQL Server MVP

http://www.sqlmvp.com