![]() This is the most generic and most frustrating of the errors. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server) Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. The server was not found or was not accessible. To that end, here’s a list of a few error messages I’ve often encountered and how to solve them: A network-related or instance-specific error occurredĪ network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Often the error messages related to these issues were not quite clear or ended up sending me on a wild goose chase. One of the trickiest problems I encountered when I was just starting ASP.NET web development was debugging issues with my web application connecting to SQL server, especially when connecting to a local instance of SQL Server. ![]() Why Your Web Application Can’t Connect to SQL Server January 4, 2016
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