Microsoft KB Archive/118824

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The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft SQL Server Programmer's Toolkit, version 4.2 BUG# 10073 (4.20.50)

SYMPTOMS
On a Novell network, OS/2 clients cannot connect to SQL Server for Windows NT if there is no Novell file server on the network. Attempting the connection in this scenario will return the message:

DB-Library: Unable to connect: SQL Server is unavailable or does not exist. This error will occur if the connection was attempted using either the named pipes or the IPX/SPX net libraries.

WORKAROUND
The problem will not occur if a Novell file server is brought up on the network.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the DBMSSPXP Net Library versions 4.20.50 and 4.21. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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Last reviewed: April 29, 1997

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