I am having a hell of a time trying to connect to the SQL SERVER 2005 database. I am using Windows 7.
Here is the screenshot of the error thrown:
(source: highoncoding.com)
I have been battling this issue for the past week and still no progress.
I have tried the following in the server name:
(local)
localhost
computername
none of them worked!
I just checked in the services section and SQLSERVER EXPRESS is not even there. I am using the following post as a reference:
https://serverfault.com/questions/11745/i-cannot-connect-to-my-local-sql-server-2008
This instance of SQL Server is running on the same PC you're connecting from? That's the implication of 'local'.
Possibilities :
1) Try (local) instead of local for the server name
2) Try 'MSSQLSERVER' as the name
3) Check the SQL Server Configuration Manager shows the same configuration options you're attempting to connect with, eg the same instance name, Named Pipes enabled, services running ok, etc.
EDIT :
Ok, what are you using to connect with? SQL Server Management Studio Express? Are you sure you installed an instance? The lack of SQLExpress in the services list would seem to indicate otherwise.
When you connect to a SQL Server you specify the name in the form {computername}\{instancename}. The {instancename} is the name of the SQL instance which was chosen during the SQL Server installation. For {computername} you can substitute the special names . or local when connecting to the localhost machine. If the SQL Server was installed as the Default instance then the instance name part must be omitted, so the connection Server name becomes just the computer name.
SQL Server Express installs by default an instance named SQLEXPRESS. The corresponding NT service name is MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS. The Server name in the connection dialog is .\SQLEXPRESS, local\SQLEXPRESS, localhost\SQLEXPRESS or {computername}\SQLEXPRESS (they're all the same).
If the SQL Server was installed as the Default instance name then the corresponding NT service name is MSSQLSERVER. The Server name in the connection dialog is ., local, localhost or {computername} (they're all the same).
If the SQL Server was installed as a named instance then the corresponding NT service name is MSSQL${INSTANCENAME}. The Server name in the connection dialog is .\{INSTANCENAME}, local\{INSTANCENAME}, localhost\{INSTANCENAME} or {computername}\{INSTANCENAME} (they're all the same).
When connecting from a remote computer to a SQL Server instance the SQL has to be configured to allow remote connection How to configure SQL Server 2005 to allow remote connections.
Check your SQL server configuration, make sure the TCP connections are enabled. You can also check that the SQL Browser service is started. Make sure you do not have a firewall that gets on the way. Make sure the SQL Server service is also started.
Did you install SQL Server on the default instance, or have you used named instances? If you've used named instances then the server will be server\instancename. If you don't know, then have a look in the Services administrative tool; you'll be able to determine the instance name, if any, from there).
You could also try connecting with the server name as a single period (i.e. simply ".") [caveat... I've not got access to SQL Server at the moment, but I think I've used this before now].
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I have just installed SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. I haven't set anything unusual during the installation process. Everything was default, that the instance name is SQLExpress, the connection is via SQL Server with user sa and my password. I have opened SQL Server Configuration Manager and I can see under SQL Express Service, SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)'s state is running. Yet, it does not let me get connected :/
I am using Commodo Internet Security. I have looked at Firewall Log and it says only that Windows Operating System is blocked. I set CIS to ask for every connection and it doesn't show anything. I am not sure if it's it.
Any idea how to diagnose the problem? Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
Under the Server Name, I provide SQLEXPRESS which was the set name while installing the server.
As server name, you need to use
.\SQLEXPRESS or (local)\SQLEXPRESS
where the dot . stands for the local machine - SQLEXPRESS is the name of the instance (not the server name itself)
I installed SQL Server 2012 on Windows server 2012, I can connect to the server only if I write . in the server name field.
But I can't connect using the server name MSSQLSERVER.
I am trying to connect using SQL Server Management Studio from the same machine.
I checked that TCP/IP is enabled, IP2 is enabled, port 1433 is configured for all IPs, added an inbound rule for port 1433.
Also tried restarting both the SQL Server service and SQL Server browser service multiple times, but no luck.
Any ideas on what could be causing this problem?
Wow, this is an old post. Still I'm going try to answer this just in case someone else is wondering.
The Short Answer
MSSQLSERVER is typically not used as the name of a Server hosting the SQL Server Object (often referred to as SQL Server). Since you are using SSMS, you need simply define the name of the SQL Host--the actual NetBIOS name, or FQDN, or IP address of the host.
If no instance was created during installation
Server Name: ServerHostName
If an instance was created during installation
Server Name: ServerHostName\InstanceName
or IP address
Server Name: ###.###.###.###\InstanceName
If a port was defined other than the default port of 1433
Server Name: ServerHostName,####\InstanceName
The Long Answer
First a question. Is the MSSQLSERVER the actual NetBIOS name of your server? When talking about a SQL Server, it can be a little confusing at times as the name SQL Server is used to describe the host as well as the SQL Server Object (which is what most people are referring to in this context).
When using a tool like SSMS to connect to the SQL Server, you are first connecting to the host server, and once connected, you will connect to the SQL Object itself. The "." is not an object, or is not a valid SQL server name, unless you named your SQL server ".".
Regarding the instance, this is usually defined during the installation of the SQL Server (the object). Post installation, if you forget or simply do not know the name of the instance, the fastest way to determine what the instance name of your SQL server object is, is by checking system Services.
services.msc
Take a look at the SQL Services that are running. If you created a SQL instance during the installation of the SQL server object, then the instance name will be in (): i.e. (SQLInstance). On the same token, if you create multiple instances on the same server, then you will see multiple service names like,
Default Instance
SQL Server
With Instances
SQL Server (SQLInstance1)
SQL Server (SQLInstance2)
That should answer an issue where you can connect to one instance, but not another if one instance is running but the other is not.
If you did not create a SQL instance during installation, then the default SQL instance will always be MSSQLSERVER, and you will not need to define this in the Server Name spot of the SSMS.
I hope this helps.
It's a typical problem.
Just use cliconfg.exe to create alias with tcp/ip protocol.
If unsure do the same alias for 32 and 64 bit.
The 64 bit version is found in:
C:\Windows\System32
The 32 bit version is in:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
In General tab enable TCP/IP.
In Alias, create a new alias, insert the name you prefer (with named istance) and select TCP/IP as network libraries.
As server name put the ip and 1433 as port. Don't leave "dynamicaly determine port" selected.
Source for cliconfg locations: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/tibor_karaszi/archive/2009/09/08/sql-client-config-32-and-64-bit.aspx
Try to enable the SQL Browser service.
The port number in SQL named instance is dynamic
SQL Brower uses UDP port 1434 to send the correct TCP port to the client.
If your SQL server instance is a default instance, you can login with the following as the Server name:
. (period)
LAPTOP-JDRDGF9T (the name of your PC)
localhost
127.0.0.1
If it on the other hand is a named instance, you login with localhost\<INSTANCE_NAME>, instance name normally being SQLEXPRESS.
You can Go to SQL Server Configuration manager >> SQL Server Network Configuration >> Protocol for MSSQLSERVER
OR
SQL Native Client configuration >> Client Protocols
In the right pane split page you will have to enable and disable the followings:
>> Shared Memory Enable this
>> Named Pipes Enable this
>> TCP/IP Enable this
>> VIA Disable this
Also, Check whether you have checked the Mixed mode authentication or not.
I'm attempting to connect to an instance of SQL Server 2008 (Developer Edition) in SQL Server Management Studio but am receiving the following error:
In SQL Server Configuraton Manager, all services are running and logged in as LocalSystem.
I have set the SQL Native client 10.0 configutarion to enable Shared Memory, TCP/IP, and Named Pipes. I have also set SQL Serer Network Configuration to enable Shared Memory.
The default (unnamed) instance uses MSSQLSERVER as its service name - so it seems your instance is actually called MSSQLSERVER08.
Therefore, you need to use
.\MSSQLSERVER08
or
(local)\MSSQLSERVER08
as your server name for connecting...
Note:
all these things refer to the local machine in the context of connecting to a SQL Server installed on that machine:
.
(local)
localhost
or your actual machine name (whatever it might be)
For SQL Express use .\MSSQLSERVER08 as your server name. Try to enable TCP/IP, Shared Memory and Named Pipes from all programs
Also check if the service is started:
Restart the SQL Server services. Then try to connect.
OR
If you have Installed SQL server with named instance, browse for for the server name.
I am trying to connect to SQL Server 2005 express edition from SQL Server Management.
From the server configuration manager, I found the SQL Server Service to be running and within bracket, it's written(SQLEXPRESS). I understand SQLEXPRESS is the instance name, therefore I have to use following string for server name: \SQLEXPRESS.
I am using windows authentication. I am logged into an account that is non admin.
Can someone suggest me how I can establish the connection.
Thanks.
Try .\SQLEXPRESS..
From here:
By default, SQL Server Express
installs as an instance named
"SQLEXPRESS," for example. You connect
to a named instance by specifying the
instance name with the server name in
the connection string. That is why you
normally specify ".\SQLEXPRESS" as the
server name when connecting to a local
SQL Server Express database. The dot
means the local server and \SQLEXPRESS
specifies the SQLEXPRESS named
instance.
When setting up a system that requires a remote computer to access SQL 2008 stored on another computer in the same domain, I'm running into the following error:
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.
When I installed SQL Server, I was sure I set up the system just so. How can I troubleshoot this?
I appreciate this thread is old now and already has an accepted answer, but I found a slightly different solution with regards to this issue that others may find useful. From reading this issue description I found that there were two SQL Server services in the standard Windows Local Services control panel: MSSQLSERVER and SQLEXPRESS (see below).
I found that SQLEXPRESS was running, but MSSQLSERVER was not. So I simply started that service, and I was able to connect to SQL Server again.
A couple of things to try...
check the Configuration settings to ensure that the TCP protocol is enabled.
try accessing the remote server via IP instead of the server name, this has worked for me in the past (oddly).
I'm assuming its running on the default port, if it isnt then you will need to specify the port number after the server-name / ip separated by a comma:
sql-server-name,{port}
Look at the name of the SQL server instance and make sure it is what you are using to connect to it. Also, look at the SQL Server Network Configuration under Configuration Tools. I worte an article about a very similar problem (if not the same) here:
Having had this a few times even with named pipes the first thing I always try is pre-pending the server name before the named instance; so SERVER\namedinstance. You can manually overwrite the dropdown values in the connect . So ideally in the setup it should have a brief tip below the named instance box like Enter SERVER\namedinstance. Although knowing MS if you entered this you'd probably end up with SERVER\SERVER\namedinstance...!
You can also use the browse option (bottom of server dropdown) and if you're lucky it may be in the 2nd tab (Network Servers) - even if it's a local install.
The program you are running needs to be running under an account which has access to the network (and depending on protocol chosen, may need access to the SQL Server by role or whatever). This error indicates that it is not finding the server on the network by name or IP.
The most common case I have seen this is when you have a web app running under a local account which does not have network access attempting to access SQL Server on another machine.
If you have access to the server that SQL Server is running on, you can try:
-Opening SQL Server Configuration Manager
-In the left pane, click 'SQL Server Network Configuration' and then 'Protocols for [instance name, possibly SQLEXPRESS]'
-Right click TCP/IP again and you'll see the port used. Mine was listed under IPAll/TCP Dynamic Port.
-In SQL Server Management studio add the port name to your connection string as follows:
if you were connecting to:
MYSERVER\SQLEXPRESS
the port is specified as
MYSERVER,2071\SQLEXPRESS