Re: localhost giving problem

From: SQL Server DBA (sqlsdba_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:47:50 -0500

"Aaron [SQL Server MVP]" <ten.xoc@dnartreb.noraa> wrote in message
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>> for 127.0.0.1 localhost.
>
> Is there really a period at the end?

nope.

> What happens when you ping localhost from a command line?

ping 127.0.0.1 and ping localhost work fine, as they should.

> Did you check the SQL Server Client Network Utility, to see if perhaps you
> have a different alias for localhost?

I did and it at last it worked. Hooray.

I added an alias localhost using TCP/IP which talks to local server. I had
earlier
tried it and it failed. However this time I entered the IP address in the
SERVER
NAME. Bingo. It works.

> Anyway, when I throw a baseball with my right hand, it goes pretty far.
> When I use my left hand, it doesn't go quite so far, and people laugh at
> me.
> In other words, USE WHAT WORKS!

LOL.
However in this case, my right hand is tied to a rope controlled by others.
So I am forced to use
left hand. At least I don't have to depend on others.

Thanks for your input.