Hello All,
I am working in vwd using C#. In my web develpent I am Connecting to the Sql server 2000's pubs table and displaying result in GridView Control.
My Coding is

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Server=local host;uid=sa;pwd=kumar;database=pubs");
        string str = "select * from authors";
        SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(str, con);
        DataSet ds = new DataSet();
        da.Fill(ds);
        GridView1.DataSource = ds;
        GridView1.DataBind();


This is a very simple Code.
Now I got a error which is


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)

Can you tell me what is the problem here




rajkumar sharma

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Try to add this line
con.Open();

are you still getting error..? Let me know I will be able to help you.

I am taking a shot at the dark but I don't see a server instance with your connection string. I see the localhost but I do believe every sql servr has an instance name. It should look something like localhost\instance name...or machinename\instance name.
To get the instance you can just see what your sql manager connects to that you used to build your database and use that.

Hello ALL,
thnx for your replies.The Problem is solved and the answer is

In my Connection string "server=localhost" is correct and i was writing
Server=local host.

means...
1. there should me no space between local and host
2. S should be in small case in word Server

rajkumar sharma