connection with sql server 2000

hi

i am getting error while connecting to sql server in c# 2005. error is :

An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)

I don't why this error occured?? Anybody's help would be highly appreciated

Tushar

Hi Tushar,

try to see this forums and maybe get the answer to your question.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=258082&SiteID=1