Hi
we are moving our sharepoint databases between SQL servers, and we have moved the databases ok and are at the stage of creating a database alias on the sharepoint server to point to the new instance that hosts the databases.
The Database server is SQL2008R2, and has a default install, and a named instance install that will host the sharepoint.
The instance is called dbserver\sqlsp.
I can connect to the instance fine from the sharepoint box.
I have created a database alias (both 32bit and 64bit) called newdb, which points to dbserver\sqlsp on port 1433.
When I connect to the alias from the sharepoint box, it connects me to the DEFAULT instance of sql running on dbserver, not to the named instance. It appears that the instance name on the end of the alias is being ignored.
Any ideas?