sqlcmd remote connections error

  • I'm trying to connect to a remote server, default instance. The remote server instance is sql 2000 but I'm running the 2005 client.

    I've enabled remote connections with sql server browser, have tcp and named pipes enabled on my local client. I have windows firewall disabled.

    command: sqlcmd -s servername i- filename

    error: [exec] Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Native Client : An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections..

    Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Native Client : Login timeout expired.

  • I believe your issue is that you have a lower case "s" instead of an upper case "S"

    try doing

    sqlcmd -S servername i- filename

    instead of

    sqlcmd -s servername i- filename

    -S is for Server

    -s is column separator

  • Doh!

    That was it. Thanks.

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