note 53406 added to function.mssql-connect

For me what did the trick was to add TCP/IP back to the list of protocols using the Client Network utility (I had set it to Named Pipes only after installing MSDE on my laptop - the client machine) and then using the Comma format to specify port number 1433 on the server. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mssql-connect.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+53406 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53406&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53406&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53406&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53406&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53406&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+53406&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php