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4/11/2007 1:43 PM

James Dillard

Joined: 1/27/2007

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I get this error when loading a module to a page

A critical error has occurred.
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: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)

Everytime I try to load a module to a page. I get the above error code. Can someone tell me what the problem is?

thanks

4/12/2007 8:04 AM

Matthew Blackwell

Joined: 3/13/2007

Posts: 1

Re: I get this error when loading a module to a page

By default SQL Server does not allow remote connections.

Go into SQL Server configuration manager and ensure that "Named Pipes" is enabled in the protocols

4/12/2007 8:33 AM

Sebastian Leupold

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Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: I get this error when loading a module to a page

please make sure, that both connection strings in your web.config are identical!

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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4/12/2007 11:59 AM

James Dillard

Joined: 1/27/2007

Posts: 301

Re: I get this error when loading a module to a page

Good point!

Being a newbie, It's hard for me to know for sure what to look for. Is there anything wrong with this picture?

</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
    
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    
</connectionStrings>
<appSettings>
    
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" />
    
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid=;pwd=;" />
    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="DotNetNuke.install.config" />

4/12/2007 1:02 PM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: I get this error when loading a module to a page

alter into:

  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules   -->
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" />
    <add key="InstallTemplate" value="DotNetNuke.install.config" />

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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