General Network Error

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I've written an application for a Pocket PC 2003 device. The app
retrieves data from a Sql Server 2000 instance, manipulates that data,
and eventually writes the modified data back to the server.

The app works fine on the emulator during development. However, if I
deploy the app to the emulator and run it, the app works fine until I
close it the first time. When re-running the app, all attempts to talk
to Sql Server 2000 come back with the following error:
"General Network error. Check your network documentation."
Source: ".Net SqlClient Data Provider."

Given that the app works fine the first time I run it, I can't imagine
that there's anything wrong with the network connection. I have no
other issues connecting to the SQL Server from anywhere else. I'm
perplexed. Does anyone have any ideas?

Chris
 
Are you sure that the program actually exited after the first run? The X
button on the title bar on Pocket PC devices does not actually exit; it just
hides the program's window (use the Memory Control Panel applet to see
what's still running; at least I think it's the Memory applet on 2003...)

It's quite possible that your shutdown code properly closes the SQL
connection, but you are not properly prepared to reopen a connection when
the window is shown again, or it might be that you have *not* properly shut
down the connection and, as a result, you're trying, from a goofed-up state,
to connect again.

Paul T.
 
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