Sunday, February 12, 2012

Cannot connect to an instance of SQL 2000

I have a server running SQL 2005 as the default instance, and sql server 2000 running as a named instance called SQL2000. When I try to connect to my SQL instance Servername\SQL2000, i am actually connected to my SQL 2005 instance. When I connect using SQL 2000's Entreprise manager, i get the error saying you need to use SQL 2005 connectivity tools. Any Ideas?

You can connect to SQL2K using 2K5 tools. Follow the directions at this link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345332.aspx

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Sorry, but when i connect to the sql2000 instance using 2005 tools, i connect to the defuaalt SQL instance on this machine which is sql2005.

When I use Entreprise manager from the local system, i can connect to the sql 2000 instance just fine.

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Can you post the exact steps your doing including exactly what you're typing in and where?

Cheers,

Dan

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