David Svedarsky
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I have a VB.Net 2005 application that will not connect to a sql server 2005 database
I have a VB.Net 2005 application that will not connect to a sql server 2005 database.
Has been working for several years with no problem...
Has been working for several years with no problem...
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Check if your Database is up while its service is started properly.
Also check the machines Event Viewer for any error associated with your program.
any issues with the firewall blocking?
If you try to create an ODBC connection to the server on the system where the application resides, what's the result?
Any changes, updates etc. in the past before it stopped?
Any error messages?
All services started?