Friday, March 30, 2012

How can i connect to Sqlserver2000 from sqlserver2005

Hi,

Can any1 tell me how to connect to Sqlserver2000 from sqlserver2005 ...I cant see sqlserver2000 instance name when i try to search in database engine

With regards

mahender

I assume you're talking about using SSMS and you can't see your sql2k instance?

When you click "browse" button, the application send a broadcast onto the network on UDP 1434 to get a list of available sql instances from sqlbrowsers. If the sqlbrowser port is blocked or it's not running on the node where your sql2k instance resides, you would not get a reply back. This does not mean, however, that you cannot connect to your instance. If this is a default instance, you can just specify the servername explicitly and the application (ssms) should connect. If it is a named instance, you will need to specify the listening tcp port (e.g. servername,12345) to connect (this assumes your sqlbrowser is not running).

If you're talking about creating a connection between the two servers, you will want to look for "sp_addlinkedserver" in book online. There should be detailed info to walk you through.

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