First: what method are you using to connect? ODBC?
IF you are using ODBC, then you might check weather you are using named
pipes or
not to connect to the server. If named pipes not work, change to TCP/IP -
some
times named pipes are not allowed because of security reasons.
Second, it might be re
Is it the same DB server you're trying to connect to from locally run
scripts that you connect when the scripts are run from your hosting
server?
It does matter, because my hosting company for example has forbidden
any access to their DB servers for IP addresses different from the
addresses their
