An intermittent error on table Updates/Inserts occurs when you try to access an Active Server Page (ASP) that performs database work against a Microsoft SQL Server database.

Two possible error messages may occur. Here are the two error messages:

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This error can be caused by interruptions to the network that interfere with the security mechanisms of the default Named Pipes network protocol.

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Use a network sniffer, if one is available, like NetMon to monitor the network traffic between Internet Information Server (IIS) and the SQL Server computer when this error occurs.

A workaround for this issue is to change the Internet Information Server (IIS) machine to use TCP/IP Sockets as the default network protocol to SQL Server. From the Internet Information Server computer, run the SQL Server Client Configuration Utility. Select the Net Library tab, and then select "TCP/IP Sockets" as your default Network protocol.

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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