Hi Joy,

Does your application pool identity have access to the SQL Server?  Can you
run Query Analyzer from the web server under that identity and try and conne
ct
to the SQL box?

Cheers,
Colin
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> Colin,
> Thnx for the quick reply..
> Yes!...I tried using the profiler. Unfortunately I don't see any
> connection attempts in the trace when I try to access the site. It is
> as if there is no connecction attempt from the CS web server. I've
> double-checked all the connection strings and the SQL server names.
> One thing I've noticed is that the CS server used named pipes while
> connecting to the SQL server. Is that an issue...
>
> Thanks and hope you can help me..
>
> - Joy
> "Colin Bowern" wrote: 

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