thanks again for your help. For the record, I was finally able to
connect to the remote SQL server 2005. Unfortunately, I believe that
your instance when clicking the TCP properties in the network configuration.
Apparently you need to define your port there too. I did not test removing
the default port. In any case it was some kind of painful learning
"Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@shadhawk.com> wrote in message
news:OJ4ewmH5FHA.444@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> In your original post you had this:
>
>>>In 2005, I went to configuration Manager/Protocols/TCP IP, and entered
>>>1433 as the port in IP1, IP2, and IP3
>
> That led me to believe you had in fact attempted to use 1433 for the 2005
> instance. In any case I don't believe you need to specify the instance
> name if you are going to specify the port and an ip address.
>
>>>> this.sqlConnection1.ConnectionString = "Server=xxx.xx.xx.xx,2444
>>>> ;Database=AdventureWorks;User
>>>> ID=myUID;Password=myPWD;Trusted_Connection=True";
>
>
http://www.connectionstrings.com/ >
>
>
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
>
> "Carlos" <chsanin@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:e2lgJD84FHA.744@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi again Andrew,
>>
>> I am sorry but you probably misunderstood me. In my firewall I already
>> have 1433 for the default instance, so
>> I defined a different (new) port number for the named
>> instance.in the 2005 configuration manager, and the firewall (say 2534).
>> So that is why I said that I did not changed it in my default. That way I
>> left the default port number configuration for the default instance, and
>> configured a new port to listen for the named instance. If you see my
>> connection string you will notice it. I followed the books online, and I
>> believe that I am doing whatever is described there. However, it seems
>> that I am still
>> missing something to successfully open the connection, and I do not know
>> how to troubleshoot it effectively.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Carlos.
>>
>> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@shadhawk.com> wrote in message
>> news:elZuDv74FHA.3876@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Well if you don't change the default instance they will both be
>>> listening on 1433 and who knows what you will get. You can't have two
>>> SQL Server instances on the same server with the same port number.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>>>
>>>
>>> "Carlos" <ch_sanin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uIbBdK74FHA.2092@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> No I did not. In reality I am trying to connect to one instace at any
>>>> given time
>>>> since I have the connection strings next to each other, I comment out
>>>> the
>>>> line that I do not wish to test, and uncomment the connection string
>>>> for 2005. Kind of like this:
>>>>
>>>> //connection string for SQLSrvr2000
>>>> //this.sqlConnection1.ConnectionString =
>>>> "Server=xxx.xx.xx.xx;Database=myDB;User
>>>> ID=myUID;Password=myPWD;Trusted_Connection=False";
>>>>
>>>> //connection string for SQLSrvr2005
>>>> this.sqlConnection1.ConnectionString =
>>>> "Server=xxx.xx.xx.xx\\<myNamedServerInstance>,<port>;Database=AdventureWorks;User
>>>> ID=myUID;Password=myPWD;Trusted_Connection=True";
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for your help.
>>>>
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@shadhawk.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:e0Pj$%2364FHA.2888@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Did you change the port on the default (2000) instance to something
>>>>> other than 1433?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Carlos" <ch_sanin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23KntJk64FHA.2092@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thank you for your prompt reply. I did assign a different port for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> named instance in 2005. I am trying to use a connection string that
>>>>>> already
>>>>>> works in 2K by just changing to an already provided database, and
>>>>>> including the named instance, and port number in the connection
>>>>>> string.
>>>>>> This is kind of how it looks like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this.sqlConnection1.ConnectionString =
>>>>>> "Server=xxx.xx.xx.xx\\<myNamedServerInstance>,<port>;Database=AdventureWorks;User
>>>>>> ID=myUID;Password=myPWD;Trusted_Connection=True";
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am still no able to at least open the connection.. Any help is
>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Carlos.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@shadhawk.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:%23hUsMqv4FHA.2548@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> You can not have both instances using port 1433. The default
>>>>>>> instance which in your case is most likely the 2000 instance will
>>>>>>> have 1433. The named instance (2005) will use a port other than
>>>>>>> 1433. Do not make them both 1433.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Carlos" <chsanin@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:uXRaTpo4FHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just installed version 2005, and it is co-existing with
>>>>>>>> an instance of 2000. I am trying to test the connection string fro
>>>>>>>> an ASP .Net page which works fine already in
>>>>>>>> 2000. However it does not work in 2005.
>>>>>>>> In 2005, I went to configuration Manager/Protocols/TCP IP, and
>>>>>>>> entered 1433 as the port in IP1, IP2, and IP3
>>>>>>>> Then, in my connection string I just changes the databasename to
>>>>>>>> point to 'AdventureWorks' instead of
>>>>>>>> the DB that I used for 2K. The connection could not be openned. I
>>>>>>>> also configured the user id, and password the same way as I have in
>>>>>>>> 2K, and re-started the engine.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> At this point I do not know what else should I do.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any help will be appreciated.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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