Unable to connect to SQL Server via pymssql

Question

I am attempting to connect to SQL Server running on Windows XP system from a *nix system on a local server via pymssql. However, the connection fails as shown below

Answer 1

is it a windows machine u working on? specify the port 1433. it seems to be a bug in the mssql client api, which tries to use Namedpipes instead of TCP/IP.