failed with error 11004

i have a winsock program that is in unicode and it is having problems resolving some ips/hostnames , i used get last error to get the error and i got this

failed with error 11004: The request name is valid and was found in the database , but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for

would any one know why that is?

heres the code

Code:

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int ConnectAndSend(){

unsigned short port = 9980;
int retval = 0;
struct sockaddr_in server;
WSADATA wsaData;
SOCKET conns;
struct hostent *hp;
unsigned int addr;
TCHAR server_name[128];

retval = WSAStartup(0x202, &wsaData);

if (retval != 0){
  AppendWindowText(hwndRichEdit, _T("ERROR: Cannot load winsock DLL.\r\n"));
  return 1;
}

AppendWindowText(hwndRichEdit, _T("> Winsock DLL loaded.\r\n"));

SendMessage(hwndIPEdit, WM_GETTEXT, (WPARAM)ARRAYSIZE(server_name), (LPARAM)server_name);
if (SendMessage(hwndIPEdit, WM_GETTEXT, (WPARAM)ARRAYSIZE(server_name), (LPARAM)server_name))
{
        char server_nameA[128];

        // Convert down to ansi...
        TToAnsi(server_name, server_nameA, ARRAYSIZE(server_nameA));

        // Now use the A version where needed...
        if (isalpha(server_nameA[0]))
        {
                hp = gethostbyname(server_nameA);
        }
        else
        {
                addr = inet_addr(server_nameA);
                hp = gethostbyaddr((const char *) &addr, 4, AF_INET);
        }

if (hp == NULL){
  ErrorExit(hp);
  AppendWindowText(hwndRichEdit, _T("Can't resolve IP/Hostname. Please make sure it is correct.\r\n"));
  WSACleanup();
  return 1;
}

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Print out the value of the server_nameA variable to see what your program is working with.
Determine if you're using gethostbyname or byaddr (ie be sure which way your code is branching.)
It's possible that the DNS server answering your question cannot find a hostname for the given IP.

>> It's possible that the DNS server answering your question cannot find a hostname for the given IP. <<

To check this:

- Go to Network tools DNS lookup tool.
- Select "A - Address" for query type and type in your target server.
- Make sure at least one record with type "A" comes up.
- Post the DNS lookup output if you're still having trouble.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MSDN

Valid name, no data record of requested type.
The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for. The usual example for this is a host name-to-address translation attempt (using gethostbyname or WSAAsyncGetHostByName) which uses the DNS (Domain Name Server). An MX record is returned but no A record—indicating the host itself exists, but is not directly reachable.

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i did that with yahoo as the domain and got this

DNS query for yahoo.com failed: Connection reset

it happens with a few ip..

could there be a better alternative to A server?

The same thing is happening to me, execpt I'm not using unicode and I'm only using the gethostbyaddr().

I figured out my problem, when i use gethostbyname() it works fine :)