Why can't I browse my servers in the IDE?

[Jason James]

Hi all,

I have asked this question already, but this
time I will ask it a different way.

My MSDE service is running fine. However,
when I try and browse my list of servers
I get two exceptions thrown. One for

system.net.dns

and one for

sytem.net.sockets.socket

The servers icon then change to a red cross
and I can't go any further.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might
be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Jason

[CT]

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer? Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5e********************************@4ax.com...

Hi all,

I have asked this question already, but this
time I will ask it a different way.

My MSDE service is running fine. However,
when I try and browse my list of servers
I get two exceptions thrown. One for

system.net.dns

and one for

sytem.net.sockets.socket

The servers icon then change to a red cross
and I can't go any further.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might
be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Jason

[CT]

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer? Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5e********************************@4ax.com...

Hi all,

I have asked this question already, but this
time I will ask it a different way.

My MSDE service is running fine. However,
when I try and browse my list of servers
I get two exceptions thrown. One for

system.net.dns

and one for

sytem.net.sockets.socket

The servers icon then change to a red cross
and I can't go any further.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might
be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Jason

[Jason James]

I am talking about the server explorer window, typically on
the left hand side of the IDE. I can see the servers icon
but none of the nodes below it. I am currently re-installing
VS.Net 2003 to see if that will solve the problem. I have
also un-installed the .Net 1.1 framework so I should be
starting from scratch again.

I will let you know how successful I am.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:29:32 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer? Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

[Jason James]

I am talking about the server explorer window, typically on
the left hand side of the IDE. I can see the servers icon
but none of the nodes below it. I am currently re-installing
VS.Net 2003 to see if that will solve the problem. I have
also un-installed the .Net 1.1 framework so I should be
starting from scratch again.

I will let you know how successful I am.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:29:32 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer? Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

[Jason James]

The reinstallation of VS.Net 1.1 did not solve the problem.

I am still unable to browse the server browers to look at
my SQL (MSDE) server to add new databases, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:01:14 +0100, Jason James
<ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote:

I am talking about the server explorer window, typically on
the left hand side of the IDE. I can see the servers icon
but none of the nodes below it. I am currently re-installing
VS.Net 2003 to see if that will solve the problem. I have
also un-installed the .Net 1.1 framework so I should be
starting from scratch again.

I will let you know how successful I am.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:29:32 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer? Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

[Jason James]

The reinstallation of VS.Net 1.1 did not solve the problem.

I am still unable to browse the server browers to look at
my SQL (MSDE) server to add new databases, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:01:14 +0100, Jason James
<ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote:

I am talking about the server explorer window, typically on
the left hand side of the IDE. I can see the servers icon
but none of the nodes below it. I am currently re-installing
VS.Net 2003 to see if that will solve the problem. I have
also un-installed the .Net 1.1 framework so I should be
starting from scratch again.

I will let you know how successful I am.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:29:32 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer? Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

[CT]

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window, do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f8********************************@4ax.com...

The reinstallation of VS.Net 1.1 did not solve the problem.

I am still unable to browse the server browers to look at
my SQL (MSDE) server to add new databases, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:01:14 +0100, Jason James
<ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote:

I am talking about the server explorer window, typically on
the left hand side of the IDE. I can see the servers icon
but none of the nodes below it. I am currently re-installing
VS.Net 2003 to see if that will solve the problem. I have
also un-installed the .Net 1.1 framework so I should be
starting from scratch again.

I will let you know how successful I am.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:29:32 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer?
Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network
when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

[CT]

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window, do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f8********************************@4ax.com...

The reinstallation of VS.Net 1.1 did not solve the problem.

I am still unable to browse the server browers to look at
my SQL (MSDE) server to add new databases, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:01:14 +0100, Jason James
<ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote:

I am talking about the server explorer window, typically on
the left hand side of the IDE. I can see the servers icon
but none of the nodes below it. I am currently re-installing
VS.Net 2003 to see if that will solve the problem. I have
also un-installed the .Net 1.1 framework so I should be
starting from scratch again.

I will let you know how successful I am.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:29:32 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

I assume you're talking about browsing your servers from the Server
Explorer? If so, can you access your servers using Windows Explorer?
Perhaps
you're talking about browsing for SQL Server instances in your network
when
creating a new data connection from the Server Explorer. In any case, it
does look as if there's a problem with your network setup.

[Jason James]

Carsten,

If I right click the Servers node I do get a context menu. If I
click Add Server... I can type the name of my local machine.

However, when I enter this name and click enter, I get a
message that says;

Server name "<my computer name>" could not be found.

Make sure the server name is correct.

And that is as far as I can go. Nothing seems to work
correctly.

Thanks for bearing with me on this. Do you have any other
suggestions to thoughts.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:49:52 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window, do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

[Jason James]

Carsten,

If I right click the Servers node I do get a context menu. If I
click Add Server... I can type the name of my local machine.

However, when I enter this name and click enter, I get a
message that says;

Server name "<my computer name>" could not be found.

Make sure the server name is correct.

And that is as far as I can go. Nothing seems to work
correctly.

Thanks for bearing with me on this. Do you have any other
suggestions to thoughts.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:49:52 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window, do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

[Jason James]

I have even logged onto my machine with full
administrator rights to see if anything would
behave differently, and still nothing is working
on the server explorer. I keep getting exceptions
thrown on

system.net.dns and
system.net.sockets.socket.

Thanks again.

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:12:13 +0100, Jason James
<ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote:

Carsten,

If I right click the Servers node I do get a context menu. If I
click Add Server... I can type the name of my local machine.

However, when I enter this name and click enter, I get a
message that says;

Server name "<my computer name>" could not be found.

Make sure the server name is correct.

And that is as far as I can go. Nothing seems to work
correctly.

Thanks for bearing with me on this. Do you have any other
suggestions to thoughts.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:49:52 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window, do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

[Jason James]

I have even logged onto my machine with full
administrator rights to see if anything would
behave differently, and still nothing is working
on the server explorer. I keep getting exceptions
thrown on

system.net.dns and
system.net.sockets.socket.

Thanks again.

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:12:13 +0100, Jason James
<ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote:

Carsten,

If I right click the Servers node I do get a context menu. If I
click Add Server... I can type the name of my local machine.

However, when I enter this name and click enter, I get a
message that says;

Server name "<my computer name>" could not be found.

Make sure the server name is correct.

And that is as far as I can go. Nothing seems to work
correctly.

Thanks for bearing with me on this. Do you have any other
suggestions to thoughts.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:49:52 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window, do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

[CT]

What happens if you type the IP address of your machine? What OS are you
running, BTW?

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4u********************************@4ax.com...

Carsten,

If I right click the Servers node I do get a context menu. If I
click Add Server... I can type the name of my local machine.

However, when I enter this name and click enter, I get a
message that says;

Server name "<my computer name>" could not be found.

Make sure the server name is correct.

And that is as far as I can go. Nothing seems to work
correctly.

Thanks for bearing with me on this. Do you have any other
suggestions to thoughts.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:49:52 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window,
do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open
the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine
and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

[CT]

What happens if you type the IP address of your machine? What OS are you
running, BTW?

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4u********************************@4ax.com...

Carsten,

If I right click the Servers node I do get a context menu. If I
click Add Server... I can type the name of my local machine.

However, when I enter this name and click enter, I get a
message that says;

Server name "<my computer name>" could not be found.

Make sure the server name is correct.

And that is as far as I can go. Nothing seems to work
correctly.

Thanks for bearing with me on this. Do you have any other
suggestions to thoughts.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:49:52 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

So, when you right-click the Servers node in the Server Explorer window,
do
you get the context menu and are you able to select Add Server to open
the
Add Server dialog box? If so, can you type the name of your own machine
and
add it to the list? Just trying to figure out where exactly you experience
your problem...

[Jason James]

I am running on a Win2K SP4 machine that is using DHCP.

I can obtain the IP address and enter it but I get a message
back that says;

You have entered an Internet Address or an IP Address
outside the local domain. Connection to Internet addresses
or to external domains are not supported.

The IP address is obviously not external.

I was originally using a fixed IP address, not DHCP,
and I got exactly the same message back.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:24:12 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

What happens if you type the IP address of your machine? What OS are you
running, BTW?

[Jason James]

I am running on a Win2K SP4 machine that is using DHCP.

I can obtain the IP address and enter it but I get a message
back that says;

You have entered an Internet Address or an IP Address
outside the local domain. Connection to Internet addresses
or to external domains are not supported.

The IP address is obviously not external.

I was originally using a fixed IP address, not DHCP,
and I got exactly the same message back.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:24:12 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

What happens if you type the IP address of your machine? What OS are you
running, BTW?

[SudhakarN]

Hi

The problem that i also come across is the same that not able to connect to the SQL Server in the Server Explorer, which is running inthe local/remote system. What i found is that, the new .NET IDE having some problems with connecting legacy SQL Server ( ie, below version 2000 ).

If Mr. Jason tries to have the new SQL Server versions in his system, i think the problem will be solved

Thanks
Sudhakar.
----- Jason James wrote: ----

Hi all

I have asked this question already, but thi
time I will ask it a different way

My MSDE service is running fine. However
when I try and browse my list of server
I get two exceptions thrown. One fo

system.net.dn

and one fo

sytem.net.sockets.socke

The servers icon then change to a red cros
and I can't go any further

Does anyone have any ideas as to what migh
be causing this problem

Thanks

Jaso

[SudhakarN]

Hi

The problem that i also come across is the same that not able to connect to the SQL Server in the Server Explorer, which is running inthe local/remote system. What i found is that, the new .NET IDE having some problems with connecting legacy SQL Server ( ie, below version 2000 ).

If Mr. Jason tries to have the new SQL Server versions in his system, i think the problem will be solved

Thanks
Sudhakar.
----- Jason James wrote: ----

Hi all

I have asked this question already, but thi
time I will ask it a different way

My MSDE service is running fine. However
when I try and browse my list of server
I get two exceptions thrown. One fo

system.net.dn

and one fo

sytem.net.sockets.socke

The servers icon then change to a red cros
and I can't go any further

Does anyone have any ideas as to what migh
be causing this problem

Thanks

Jaso

[Jason James]

Sudhakar,

The version of MSDE I installed was dlownloaded yesterday from
the MS web site. It is version

MSDE 2000 SP3 for VS.Net

I hope that this is a late enough version for the VS.Net 2003 IDE.

It is not just the SQL servers that I can not see, but the Crystal
Reports, Event logs, Message queues, performance counters and
services as well.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 04:46:02 -0700, SudhakarN
<Su***************@isoftplc.com> wrote:

Hi,

The problem that i also come across is the same that not able to connect to the SQL Server in the Server Explorer, which is running inthe local/remote system. What i found is that, the new .NET IDE having some problems with connecting legacy SQL Server ( ie, below version 2000 ).

If Mr. Jason tries to have the new SQL Server versions in his system, i think the problem will be solved.

Thanks,
Sudhakar.N
----- Jason James wrote: -----

Hi all,

I have asked this question already, but this
time I will ask it a different way.

My MSDE service is running fine. However,
when I try and browse my list of servers
I get two exceptions thrown. One for

system.net.dns

and one for

sytem.net.sockets.socket

The servers icon then change to a red cross
and I can't go any further.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might
be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Jason

[Jason James]

Sudhakar,

The version of MSDE I installed was dlownloaded yesterday from
the MS web site. It is version

MSDE 2000 SP3 for VS.Net

I hope that this is a late enough version for the VS.Net 2003 IDE.

It is not just the SQL servers that I can not see, but the Crystal
Reports, Event logs, Message queues, performance counters and
services as well.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 04:46:02 -0700, SudhakarN
<Su***************@isoftplc.com> wrote:

Hi,

The problem that i also come across is the same that not able to connect to the SQL Server in the Server Explorer, which is running inthe local/remote system. What i found is that, the new .NET IDE having some problems with connecting legacy SQL Server ( ie, below version 2000 ).

If Mr. Jason tries to have the new SQL Server versions in his system, i think the problem will be solved.

Thanks,
Sudhakar.N
----- Jason James wrote: -----

Hi all,

I have asked this question already, but this
time I will ask it a different way.

My MSDE service is running fine. However,
when I try and browse my list of servers
I get two exceptions thrown. One for

system.net.dns

and one for

sytem.net.sockets.socket

The servers icon then change to a red cross
and I can't go any further.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what might
be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Jason

[CT]

I must admit I have no idea what's going on here. Will 127.0.0.1 work for
you?

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:t6********************************@4ax.com...

I am running on a Win2K SP4 machine that is using DHCP.

I can obtain the IP address and enter it but I get a message
back that says;

You have entered an Internet Address or an IP Address
outside the local domain. Connection to Internet addresses
or to external domains are not supported.

The IP address is obviously not external.

I was originally using a fixed IP address, not DHCP,
and I got exactly the same message back.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:24:12 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

What happens if you type the IP address of your machine? What OS are you
running, BTW?

[CT]

I must admit I have no idea what's going on here. Will 127.0.0.1 work for
you?

--
Carsten Thomsen
Enterprise Development with VS .NET, UML, and MSF
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=105
"Jason James" <ja*********@nospam.htdata.co.uk> wrote in message
news:t6********************************@4ax.com...

I am running on a Win2K SP4 machine that is using DHCP.

I can obtain the IP address and enter it but I get a message
back that says;

You have entered an Internet Address or an IP Address
outside the local domain. Connection to Internet addresses
or to external domains are not supported.

The IP address is obviously not external.

I was originally using a fixed IP address, not DHCP,
and I got exactly the same message back.

Thanks,

Jason.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:24:12 +0200, "CT"
<ca******@spammersgoawaydotnetservices.biz> wrote:

What happens if you type the IP address of your machine? What OS are you
running, BTW?