Hello to all and thanks ahead of time for taking the time to look at my question!
I'm trying to do a work-around to access a 32bit Advantage Database Server 8.1 database with 64bit SQL Server 2008R2.
- Windows Server SBS2012
- SQL Server 2008R2 64bit
- SQL Server 2012 Express 32bit
- Sybase Advantage Database Server (ADS) 8.1 32bit (can't change)
What I've done so far is to install a 32bit SQL Server Express on the same machine. I have setup a linked server to the Advantage database on that instance and successfully accessed data. So, I know that much is working fine.
Problem is, when I try to setup a linked server on the 64bit 2008R2 server, it errors out with the following...
OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "[--MyLinkedServerName--]" returned message "Login timeout expired".
OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "[--MyLinkedServerName--]" returned message "A network-related or instance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information see SQL Server Books Online.".
Msg 65535, Level 16, State 1, Line 0
SQL Server Network Interfaces: Error Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].
Like I said, I can access the data using the 32bit SQL Server Express, so I know that much of it works. I just can't seem to access it from within the 64bit 2008R2. I know the login info is correct.
So, Is it not possible to do?