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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:39:15+00:00

I have a Windows 6 app I am developing (in VB). I am pulling

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I have a Windows 6 app I am developing (in VB). I am pulling data from a MSSQL 2005 database. Everything worked fine running it locally (with an emulator) but when I moved the database to a test box, I get the following error:

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException {‘Specified SQL server not found: xx.xx.xx.xxx\sql2005’}

My connection string is: 

Data Source=XX.XX.XX.XXX\sql2005;Initial Catalog=databaseName;UID=databaseUser;PWD=password

The only difference in the connection string from when I was running it locally is I used my computer name (which I also tried using the name of the sqlserver computer).

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  1. Try changing your connection string to:

    Data Source=XX.XX.XX.XXX;Initial Catalog=databaseName;UID=databaseUser;PWD=password

    Most likely the Instance Name (sql2005) is incorrect.

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