From the You Can Not Be Serious file

Posted By : Dan Wilson July 23, 2007 12:14 PM

I was poking around the web today and found a nice post from Doug Hughes about an SQL server issue. The post was commented 88 times. Many people showed their gratitude to Doug for posting the solution to a vexing problem. One commenter takes the cake however:

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1Hi
2
3I have a same problem.
4I am Using SQL Server 2000 in my computer.
5I try to access the sql server 2000 from another computer. Its gives error.
6"unale to connect to server"
7
8Please fix it
9
10Thanks
11
12Posted By Jenkins on Jun. 21, 2006 at 7:16 AM

To which Joe Reinhart replied to, rather Tongue in Cheek:

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1Jenkins,
2
3Care to send the IP addres and SA password?
4
5Posted By Joe Rinehart on Jun. 21, 2006 at 8:31 AM

Then I laughed even harder when I read: (I placed the x's in there. I have a conscience.)

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1Hi Joe
2
3In "connect to SQL Server" Window.
4SQL Server : IP Address(114.x9.130.13)
5I select SQL Server authentication
6Login name : User Name (jenkins)
7Password : pwd (*****)
8
9Then i click ok.
10
11Its gives error.
12"unale to connect to server 114.x9.130.13"
13
14Please fix it
15
16Thanks
17Jenkins
18
19Posted By Jenkins on Jun. 21, 2006 at 8:55 AM

Wow! I'd love to know what happened to that server.....

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