"Wasim" <Wasim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F96EA2E-AD07-4C67-AC30-C1C57E7FE5FE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,oj,
>
> I am not able to connect at all by providing servername only &
> getting
> this error.Yeas i can able to connect with servername\instancename.
>
> Wasim
>
> "oj" wrote:
>
>> This is by design. When you provide only the servername, you're
>> connecting
>> to a default instance which is not the same as a named instance. You will
>> have to provide the instance name if you want to connect to a named
>> instance.
>>
>> --
>> -oj
>>
>>
>>
>> "Wasim" <Wasim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7B66F6BC-9D9C-45BC-8FD8-2F3AB6B1310E@microsoft.com...
>> >I am trying to connect my laptopname,which has various SQL server 2005
>> > databases on it by using Query Analyzer & Mgt. Studio but it gives me
>> > an
>> > error as follws:
>> >
>> > An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server.
>> > When
>> > "connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact
>> > that
>> > under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote
>> > connections.
>> > (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a
>> > connection
>> > to
>> > SQL Server) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)"
>> >
>> > but when i am trying to connect my laptopname\instancename ,it
>> > works.How
>> > can i connect to laptopname instead of providing instance name ?
>> >
>> > Please advice me in this issue.
>> > Wasim
>> >
>>
>>
>>