From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   ES (emacpi@NOSPAMyahoo.it) writes:   
   > jdbc:sqlserver://localhost;instanceName=instance1:3234 it works.   
   >   
   > Now, I don't understand. Sql Server Browser is up and running, and   
   > I know that it have to provide these informations like port number and   
   > istance name. So,  what about this behaviour ? Do I really need port   
   > number anyway ?   
      
   Have you verified that UDP port 1434 is open in the firewall?   
      
      
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   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
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