create and connect to Linked server

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Hi,

my apps was created here in manila, everything went well, even the testings with 5 PC and 3 db servers went very well.

on installation abroad, it work well, but gathering data from another or remote server gives a error "cannot establish connection with linked server",

I tried doing PING the remote server and i'm connected.

i checked with the linked servers under server objects in ssms and the remote server is listed, i even did server registration but still the same error pops in my apps. i'm a connecting that remote server via VPN, thus this give the error? that i'm trying to establish a connection on a VP network.

Posted 20-Feb-12 18:38pm

Alan Tuscano

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Ed Nutting 21-Feb-12 2:21am

Giving an exact error message/error code/error number would probably help people answer this - at the moment it could be almost anything!

Arun Ashok 21-Feb-12 6:47am

Is your DB is SQL Server, then try this on your two remote server query window.

sp_addlinkedserver 'servername'

Alan Tuscano 21-Feb-12 7:52am

Hi Arun,

Yes, its SQL Server 2005. in my testing, i've installed in SSMS to 5 pc to test sp_addlinkedserver, it executed successfully, run my apps, worked okay.. i switched from server to server just to verify if the linked server is doing okay.. and its doing very good, even testing my apps.

I tried doing sp_linkedserver in the pc where i test my apps.

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