sql server connect: Hi,

I have commercial asp webspace hosting an application that connects to
an SQL machine on my local network. THe machine has both SQL 7 and SQL
2k running on it. Webspace and SQL are both running on Win2k.

The connection string I am using is as follows:

Application("Application_ConnectionString") = "Provider=sqloledb;" & _
"Network Library=DBMSSOCN;" & _
"Data Source=aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd,1433;" & _
"Initial Catalog=DBName;" & _
"User ID=xxx;" & _
"Password=yyy;"

It works fine when pointing to a database in the sql 7 instance. But
what I want to achieve is to connect to a database in the sql 2k
instance. Running locally, I can achieve this by substituting
aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd\servername_sql2k. But I cannot get it to connect to
the sql 2k instance from the commercial webspace. I get the following
message in this case:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005'

[DBMSSOCN]General network error. Check your network documentation.

SO, my question is, how do you address a database in the sql 2k
instance via a dsn-less connection? Do you have to set SQL 7 and SQL
2k to listen on different ports? I have tried this but have not met
with success.

Any help gratefully received....

Can you make a connection from a DSN from the commercial webspace using
aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd\servername_sql2k as the server name?

Also can you connect via Query Analyzer form the commercial webspace using
that servername?

Rand
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Hi Rand

Thanks for your reply. Restricted access to the commercial web space
means that I DSN cannot be established, hence the DSN less connection.
For that reason I cannot try your suggestion of connecting Query
Analyser from that server. However, I have ascertained that both
instances of SQL Server can be reached from an external server by
connecting from a server where where I do have SQL and OS level
access.


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