>>Hi,
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>>I received an error message from the customer using VFP 9 app with SQL Server 2005. The error message says "[ODBC SQL Server Driver] Communication link failure."
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>>Does anybody know what could cause such error? What to do to prevent it? TIA.
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>The connection to the SQL Server is lost.
>You can't prevent this, but you may try to reconnect.
>This could be caused by bad LAN card, torn cable, bad switch etc. No power for some LAN devices.
Thank you. I will have to think of how to make the "reconnect" work anywhere in my application. I never thought about this during the design phase.
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