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Asked: 2026-05-13T01:54:56+00:00

I’ve been running an ASP.NET MVC application on my IIS 7.5 localhost (on my

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I’ve been running an ASP.NET MVC application on my IIS 7.5 localhost (on my Win7 Pro box) server with SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition.

I went to put the application on my production server (IIS 7, SQL Server 2008) and am getting SQL Server connection errors. Here is the error I get when I try to browse site root:

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while
establishing a connection to SQL
Server. The server was not found or
was not accessible. Verify that the
instance name is correct and that SQL
Server is configured to allow remote
connections. (provider: Named Pipes
Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a
connection to SQL Server)

I have triple checked my connection string. My host’s connection string was in the format XXX.XX.XX.XX,XXXX. Is it normal to have a comma following the IP Address?

Does anyone have any suggestions for something I may be missing?

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Take a look at this resource:

    http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2008

    A comma after the IP address indicates the port. It should be 1433 unless you have multiple instances.

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