"Jodie" wrote:

> Hi All
> We have an application which is used the ODBC Data Source to comunicate
> with the database. So during the installation of the product the
> installation creating
> the database name like : VAPost and server = datasource name which is 'VAPost'
> not the real server name in the Microsoft SQL server DSN Configuration option.
> Also the installation is created the Alias in SQL Server Client Network
> Utility for
> 'VAPost' which has Server alias = 'VAPost', NetWork library = 'TCP/IP' and
> the Connection parameters is the ip address of the server.
> So my application is used the DSN name 'VAPost' to connect to the database but
> there is an error message regarding "Communication Link Failure". I could
> not figure out where is the problem but the same configuration it works on
> other server. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Jodie