Getting error while creating database

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I am getting the following error,

provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified

Posted 23-Apr-15 1:08am

Updated 23-Apr-15 1:28am

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2015-04-23T01:14:00

Seems like you need to check your connectionstring.

Good luck!

Posted 23-Apr-15 1:14am

CHill60 · Answer 2 · 2015-04-23T01:26:00

Steps for determining the problem can be found in this CodeProject article Solution: Error: 26 – Error Locating Server/Instance Specified[^]

Further information from this MSDN blog[^]

Posted 23-Apr-15 1:26am

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Answer 3 · 2015-04-23T01:26:00

This error is raised if an error is raise while connecting to the server. The few of the possible reasons for this can be,

You can take the above points as check list and make sure all of these are not causing any problem at all in your system. Usually the first one causes the problem, make sure you are having the correct server-name in your connection string so that the framework is trying to connect to the correct server; available server.

Apart from this, I found a few threads from Microsoft Forums which might guide you through.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/8cdc71eb-6929-4ae8-a5a8-c1f461bd61b4/provider-sql-network-interfaces-error-26-error-locating-serverinstance-specified?forum=sqlexpress[^] (Forum Thread)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sql_protocols/archive/2007/05/13/sql-network-interfaces-error-26-error-locating-server-instance-specified.aspx[^] (Blog post)