How to connect to database stored on a Remote computer

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Hey people,

I have a simple application which inserts data into database. The database is located on a remote machine.
However this machine(which has SQL) has a router installed. My pc(which has application) can find this machine's
IP address by using a code. Everything is okay till this stage.
Now when I try to insert data into DB it gives me error "No Such Host Found". As these machines are connected through
same router, so i need to ask that do i have switch on internet everytime I try to insert data Or is there any other way
around this problem?

NOTE : Its not a Web Application. Its a simple C# application.

Please help

Thanks and regards
Ajinkya

Posted 23-Mar-11 1:17am

ajinkya11121

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Try one with making Security=false in the connection string

Posted 23-Mar-11 11:21am

Raj Bose

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-23T01:28:00

Could you be having a firewall issue or connection string. You can try disabling the firewall to see if it is causing the problem.

The connection to the database is basically just tcp/ip traffic so if both of your server and client are in the local network, internet doesn't have anything to do with this. Also note that you may have firewall on both sides, at the server and at the client, depending on the OS versions.

Check the connection string that it's properly pointing to the correct server, correct instance name (if any) and with corerct authentication. You can check the connection string using http://www.connectionstrings.com/[^]