Re: Accessing remote Index Server from XP

From: Hilary Cotter (hilaryk_at_att.net)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:30:10 -0400

what happens when you change the scope to \

ie

select From from openquery(web,'select path from
remoteservername.remotecatalogname..scope(''\'')')

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Hilary Cotter
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"Brandon" <Brandon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F78FD457-1968-4082-AF87-01D26B302FC7@microsoft.com...
> I have SQL Server 2000 running on Windows XP, and want to access the index
server on a Windows 2003 server.
>
> I use the well known servername.indexname..Scope() to access the remote
IS.  This actually worked for me for a bit.  I'm not sure what happened, but
it stopped working and I can't get it to work again.  (I receive the
oh-so-helpful error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][OLE/DB
provider returned message: Unspecified error])
>
> I *suspect* it has something to do with security.  This is what I've done
in the name of security:
> 1. On Win 2003 Server Machine: Set up trust for XP/SQL Server machine.
> 2. Made the XP/SQL Server machine a member of the 2003 Server's domain.
> 3. *Tried* to change the SQL Server log on account to an account belonging
to the 2003 Server machine, but XP keeps telling me that it doesn't
recognize the login username/password.  Can I not do this in XP?
>
> I've been banging my head on this problem for days now.  It's a tough one.
I hope somoene out there can help.
>
> Thanks to all!
>
> Brandon


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