I have the following setup:
1. ASP.NET 2.0 web app hosted on a web server (inetpub directory
hosting physical files of the web site on a different drive name, E:
than the SQL Server Instance, which is on C:)
2. SQL Server on the same server, with security settings enabling
ASPNET group and groups containing users allowed to interact with the
website added to SQL Server Instance security settings.
3. Impersonation = true, i.e. ASPNET worker process will impersonate
the user who has been authenticated by IIS
I am continiously getting this error:
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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: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error
Locating Server/Instance Specified)
The stack trace and event log is at the end of this post.
I tried the following:
1. enabled TCPIP and Pipes for remote connection via the SQL Server
Configuration Manager
2. enabled remote and local connections via the SQL Surface area
Configuration (TCPIP and named pipes)
3. totally disabled the firewall (even if it is enabled, both the
sqlbrowser, and sqlserver are added as exceptions)
4. enabled the SQL Server Browser Service (to start automatically)
I've tried doing everything i came across on the net.
Nobody seems to have a solution but a lot of people have encountered
this problem.
If anybody out there does have a solution, PLEASE reply to this post.
Thanking you in advance
Part of the stack trace:
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[SqlException (0x80131904): 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: SQL Network
Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnErro r(SqlException
exception, Boolean breakConnection) +734995
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndW arning(TdsParserStateObjeÂ*ct
stateObj) +188
System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Connect(Boolean& useFailoverPartner,
Boolean& failoverDemandDone, String host, String failoverPartner,
String protocol, SqlInternalConnectionTds connHandler, Int64
timerExpire, Boolean encrypt, Boolean trustServerCert, Boolean
integratedSecurity, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean aliasLookup)
+820
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.Ope nLoginEnlist(SqlConnectioÂ*n
owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, String
newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) +628
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ct or(DbConnectionPoolIdentiÂ*ty
identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo,
String newPassword, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean
redirectedUserInstance) +170
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateC onnection(DbConnectionOptÂ*ions
options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool,
DbConnection owningConnection) +130
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.Creat ePooledConnection(DbConneÂ*ction
owningConnection, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options)
+28
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateOb ject(DbConnection
owningObject) +424
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.UserCrea teRequest(DbConnection
owningObject) +66
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.GetConne ction(DbConnection
owningObject) +496
Part of the Event Log (Application)
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Process information:
Process ID: 5600
Process name: w3wp.exe
Account name: EUSRCMW309\IWAM_EUSRCMW309
Exception information:
Exception type: SqlException
Exception message: 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: SQL Network
Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified)
Request information:
Request URL: http://138.85.90.253/psdb/main.aspx
Request path: /psdb/main.aspx
User host address: 138.85.90.253
User: EAMCS\EUSJESadm
Is authenticated: True
Authentication Type: Negotiate
Thread account name: EUSRCMW309\IWAM_EUSRCMW309