I have VB6.0 Enterprise Edition on Windows 98 . I have loaded SQL Server 6.5 which comes with this package. I cannot make a connection to SQL Server. <br>I get the following error:<br>Unable to connect: SQL Server is unavailable or does not exist.<br>The error number is:<br>OS Error 2106.<br>I assigned the server name the same as the name I have placed on the computer(Bachenot).<br>Any help would be appreciated.
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Connecting to SQL Server 6.5
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Hi Vince<br><br>When I go into the Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager - [Service Manager]<br>I get the following list of items<br><br>Microsoft SQL Servers<br> - SQL 6.5<br> + (traffic light icon here) BACHENOT<br><br>When I click on the traffic light icon, I get the following response:<br>A connection could not be established to BACHENOT -[DB Library]<br>Unable to connect: SQL Server is unavailable or does not exist<br>
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