Question

I’m trying to create a data source for my local sql server using the server name (local). But I keep getting the following error

Connection verification failed for data source: sqlserver
java.sql.SQLNonTransientConnectionException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Error establishing socket. Unknown host: (local)
The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLNonTransientConnectionException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Error establishing socket. Unknown host: (local)

On the reporting services I’m using (local) as the server name and it is working fine,

Ted

Answer 1

Have you enabled external TCP connections on your sql server?

Try using localhost instead of local. (or add 127.0.0.1 local to your hosts file)