"A transport-level error has occurred..." Connecting to a linked server

  • I just installed Microsoft SQL Server Express SP2. I setup a linked server to an Oracle database using the followings commands:

    EXEC sp_addlinkedserver 'Oracle_DEV', 'Oracle', 'MSDAORA', 'DEV'

    EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin 'Oracle_DEV ', false, NULL, 'oracledbuser', 'dbuserpassword'

    When I try and query the linked database I get the following error message:

    Msg 109, Level 20, State 0, Line 0

    A transport-level error has occurred when receiving results from the server. (provider: Shared Memory Provider, error: 0 - The pipe has been ended.)

    I've been searching the web and have gotten a lot of hits on the error message but have yet to uncover anything specifically related to linked servers or anything closely related enough to help me resolve this problem. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

  • Our datacenter is in another state so if there is any hiccup in my VPN connection, I get this error.  Usually everything is back up quickly and I can run the query again in the same query window and I'm good.  For what it's worth???

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