Named Pipers Provider, error 40, ok from local, error to remote - help

Hi.
I am new to sql server so please bear with me.
Here is the problem.
I am using VWD express to connect to a sql server 2005 db on my local
machine. The site and the sql server are local and everything is fine.
No problems.
I have a sql server hosting plan to host the db. (my local is SQL
Server 2005 and the hosted is Sql Server 2000).
I use the LOCAL VWD website to access the HOSTED sql server and it
connects with no problem. I changed data in the remote version of the
db as a double-check that I am accessing the remote db and not the
local db.
When I go ahead and upload the web site to my web host, different from
the sql host (long story), I get this error (provider: Named Pipes
Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server).
Any ideas why this error is happening. My web host verifies that my
connection string is fine, and that if I can connect with my local
machine then there should be no problem and the problems is on the
hosting end.
Thanks in advance,
RanginaldOk. Problem solved. I was using a web host with multiple hosted
domains and I think I probably had some kind of IIS app directrory
problem. I moved the site to its own hosting and all was fine with no
changes needed.
Thanks anyway. Hope this tidbit helps someone.
Rangy
Ranginald wrote:
> Hi.
> I am new to sql server so please bear with me.
> Here is the problem.
> I am using VWD express to connect to a sql server 2005 db on my local
> machine. The site and the sql server are local and everything is fine.
> No problems.
> I have a sql server hosting plan to host the db. (my local is SQL
> Server 2005 and the hosted is Sql Server 2000).
> I use the LOCAL VWD website to access the HOSTED sql server and it
> connects with no problem. I changed data in the remote version of the
> db as a double-check that I am accessing the remote db and not the
> local db.
> When I go ahead and upload the web site to my web host, different from
> the sql host (long story), I get this error (provider: Named Pipes
> Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server).
> Any ideas why this error is happening. My web host verifies that my
> connection string is fine, and that if I can connect with my local
> machine then there should be no problem and the problems is on the
> hosting end.
> Thanks in advance,
> Ranginald