This is your problem. See the bolded? That is a specific reference to SQL 2012.

To connect to SQL 2008, you need to use...

Luis, I keep forgetting about that damn chimney. It can cause issues, can't it?

OP, you should definitely read this article. If nothing else, it can...

jackfh (7/22/2015)

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I thought that might be it but I would have to reset the PW if that policy was applying in this case and not be able to use the...

Alvin Ramard (7/22/2015)

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Brandie Tarvin (7/22/2015)

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Gotta love it when someone schedules a software change/update at month end. Because "there's no impact to the business" and all that.

<headdesk>

This too I will survive.

I...

Gotta love it when someone schedules a software change/update at month end. Because "there's no impact to the business" and all that.

<headdesk>

This too I will survive.

I hope.

SQLAssAS (7/22/2015)

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Hi .

I am not sure what you mean by "running the connection string manually"

I dynamically pass the connection strings through variables from a SQL table.. but thats not the...

SQLRNNR (7/22/2015)

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Brandie Tarvin (7/22/2015)

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Here's my fun thing for the day:

2 a.m. Email: Disk X on non-prod server test is full

2 a.m. Email: Disk Y on non-prod server qa is full

2...

GilaMonster (7/22/2015)

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Brandie Tarvin (7/22/2015)

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The job we have runs once a week on Sundays, not during the week. So I know that...

The job we have runs once a week on Sundays, not during the week. So I know that is not running.

Have...

We need a bit more information than "fail to execute". When it fails, does it always fail with the "General Network Error, Server Not Found" error? Are there other errors?...

Here's my fun thing for the day:

2 a.m. Email: Disk X on non-prod server test is full

2 a.m. Email: Disk Y on non-prod server qa is full

2 a.m. Email: Incident...

BWFC (7/22/2015)

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'Why didn't this appear on your report? It's wrong. There's been an incident and you've made us look bad in front of government.' - The Business

<investigates>

'It's not...

jackfh (7/21/2015)

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Thanks for the thoughts. Our servers no longer automatically install updates. I've seen it now twice on our new 2012r2 sql server - I had...

I haven't seen any update issues. But our corporate office is pretty strict on when these updates get pushed through (after thorough testing).

On the password side, though, there are some...

To find out when, check the Event Viewer logs. That may or may not tell you who did it. And it might not have been a person, but an event...