Hope someone can help me. I've used the SQL Server JDBC driver a couple of times now but have run into a problem. I'm getting an error when trying to connect to a client's SQL database. We are running KNIME on the same Server as the SQL instance. Windows Firewall has been disabled for the domain. The error I'm getting is:
ERROR Database Connector 0:2 Execute failed: Could not create connection to database: The TCP/IP connection to the host HostName, port 1433 has failed. Error: "Connection refused: connect. Verify the connection properties. Make sure that an instance of SQL Server is running on the host and accepting TCP/IP connections at the port. Make sure that TCP connections to the port are not blocked by a firewall.".
The client's IT department assures me that the port isn't being blocked. Has anyone else run into similar issues.