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FrozenKing
FrozenKing

Reputation: 145

The server was not found or was not accessible

Recently my friend gave me a project which is made of vb.net and sql server 2000.

When I open it the software first loads the welcome screen but after that an error pops up which has a label of microsoft.net framework and inside it the error is:

"Unhandled exception has occurred in your application.If you click continue the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. A network related or instance specific error occured while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible.Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is "

I am using SQL Server 2005 Express edition. Please explain to me how to resolve, step-by-step and in detail. It will be a great help to me, thank you.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 729

Answers (3)

Sai Kalyan Kumar Akshinthala
Sai Kalyan Kumar Akshinthala

Reputation: 11844

You have to verify that you are connected to the server. If the server has an instance like server\\sqlexpress, then you have to provide the instance also. Only then will it allow you.

Upvotes: 0

Andrei
Andrei

Reputation: 4237

You will need to check connection string to SQL server. Usually it stored in configuration files.

Upvotes: 0

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 499312

The application connection strings are pointing to a SQL server that doesn't exist in your environment.

Check the application config file and correct the connection string.

Upvotes: 1

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