Tag Archives: connection problems
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Connecting to Azure SQL Database: Requested tenant identifier ‘00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000’ is not valid.
4May 20, 2020 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I got this rather interesting error while connecting to an Azure SQL DB. I was connecting using …
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A transport-level error has occurred when sending the request to the server.
4March 27, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Brent recently did a post called In Azure SQL DB, what does “The connection is broken and recovery is not …
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Misleading errors: “Server is configured for Windows authentication only.” But it’s not!
6June 18, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
In general, the errors SQL gives are highly useful. Of course every now and again you get one that’s just …
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SQL Connectivity issues: A guided walk through
Leave a commentFebruary 6, 2017 by Kenneth Fisher
The SQL Tiger Team (t) has recently put out a guided walkthrough for SQL Connectivity issues. Announcement Walk Through If …
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The default instance has a name
11August 31, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
The default instance actually has an instance name. It’s MSSQLSERVER. This is probably familiar to a lot of you but …
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Connection options in SSMS
2November 18, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
When connecting to a SQL Server instance in SSMS there are a fair number of options. Most DBAs I know …
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What port is my instance listening on?
8January 8, 2013 by Kenneth Fisher
I just had the interesting task of finding the port number that one of the instances I deal with is …
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I can connect to my instance locally but not remotely
4October 23, 2012 by Kenneth Fisher
Every now and again (today for example) I’ll get a call that one of our SQL Server instances is down. …
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