Named Pipes Clients

Normally, clients connect to a server using the server's machine name. However, if a server is set up to listen on an alternate pipe name, the client must also be set up to communicate to that pipe name. Use the Advanced option of the SQL Client Configuration Utility to set up an server name aliased to that alternate pipe. Provide the server machine name, the DLL name for the Named Pipes Net-Library, and the alternate pipe name. For example:

\\myserver\pipe\altpipe

For more information, see Setting Up Server Connections.

Note The client side Win32 named pipe Net-Library (DBNMPNTW.DLL) does not support server enumeration on Windows 95-based computers. This means that applications such as ISQL/w and SQL Enterprise Manager will not list SQL Servers of the network if the server list is selected from a connection dialog box. Server enumeration over named pipes on all other platforms continues to be supported.