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After i installed Microsoft SQL server i face this problem while trying to connect
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2)
For help, click: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/errors-events/mssqlserver-2-database-engine-error
By the way, I'm using SQL 2022 at Windows 11
Have you really installed SQL Server database engine or only the tool SSMS = "SQL Server Management Studio"?
Is SQL Server service running at all?
Which Edition have you installed? By default the free Express Edition gets installed as "named instance" and you hve to add the instance name to the machine name, lik
MACHINENAME\SQLEXPRESS
Hi @Olaf Helper ,
I installed these two files:
I also checked Sql Server Configuration Manager and that was the only thing running
SQL Server is not running. You need to started before you can connect.
@Erland Sommarskog
I get this error:
Looks like you have a problem. You can find the SQL Server errorlog in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG. Rename it to ERRORLOG.txt and attach it here, so we can look at it.
From this doc: Error when you use SQL Server Configuration Manager to restart the SQL Server Agent service in SQL Server
Try this workaround:
Start the SQL Server Agent service by using the Services management console (Services.msc).
Best regards,
Cosmog Hong
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