Connecting To SQL Server

Hi,

I have a problem in logging in to an SQL Server database engine. I can log in to the engine with Windows authentication method. The problem is, when I create a page with an SqlDataConnection control, the page can not connect to the database engine eventhough I select "Use Windows Authentication" when configuring the SqlDataConnection. What should I do?

Best regards,

Haris

This article explains how to connect to SQL Server using Windows authentication.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998292.aspx

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Is the steps in the article that you mentioned also applicable on SQL Server 2005?

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Hi haris101,

Yes. It is applicable on sql2005.

The problem is, when I create a page with an SqlDataConnection control, the page can not connect to the database engine eventhough I select "Use Windows Authentication" when configuring the SqlDataConnection

what is your error message when your connection fails? also, did you get the error from visual web developper or IIS?

If you are getting the error from IIS (which i thin is the most case), make sure you have granted ASPNET (if using win xp) or NETWORK SERVICE (if using win 2003 server) the proper access permission. As to how to grant permission to a specific account, you can check the link tsm gave you . thanks

Connecting to SQL Issue

I have a mdf file and log file from msde. I have successfully connected to it in my Visual Studios ASP.net 2.0 Desktop. I am having a problem where it connects. fine but it does not list the tables , diagrams etc. I am trying to build the intake screen with this data but have no tables. Can some one give me a couple of suggestions of why? I am very new to ASP.net and would appreciate any help .How did you connect to the MSDE mdf file? Can you create a Data Connection to it in Server Explorer? Which SQL instance are you using (MSED,SQL Express, etc.)?|||

Hello,

I am using SQL Server Management Studio that came with my visual studios .net 2005.

I open my web application to the design desktop select the tab labeled Server Express the click on the data base to connect it tell me it is connected but no tables show. I was told today by some one I need to be running SQL Server Studio Express I dont understand is the one I have better? The also told me the mdf file was a backup file which they said I need to create a database and then import the mdf backup file into it . I can figure out how to do this I am very new to SQL Server. Help please

Thanks

|||Where does the mdf file come from? Anyways you should attach it to your current SQL instance before you can use it. To do this in Managment Studio, right click Databases in Object Explorer->choose Attach->locate the mdf file. If attach succeeds, you'll see the new attached database under the Databases tree.|||

Thank you,

I found the mdf file to be a bak file I created anew database and restored over the database I created. All tables showed up ok. I only have on question everything seem to work fine except I have no diagrams under the database is this normal not to have this information?

sqlsql

Connecting to a Clients SQL server

I am not sure if its possible, hopefully it is. I would like to create a custom page for one of my clients to log into and access information from their SQL server. If I have all the connection information, i.e user id and password etc. Can this be done. I know how to connect to an SQL server locally. If anyone can give me a point in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciative.

If this is possible, I am looking at adding a button on this page to allow the client to transfer records that meet specific criteria in a column in their database into a designated database on my server.

Thanks for any help.If your server can access their SQL Server, sure. Ask them for the TCP/IP connection information, and if you can see their server, you should be able to pull it off.

The difference from what you may be doing locally, is that instead of server=(local), you'll likely have the IP address of their server, and you may be using Windows Authentication locally, but you'll use SQL security to connect to their machine.

Regards,

Xander

Connect to SQL named instance from another domain

Hi,

I have two domains setup with two way trust in place. SQL server 2005 is installed in domain A.

Is it possible to log in to SQL server using machine account of a machine in domain B?

I have been told that you cannot access SQL server from another domain using machine account. But I cannot find any resource or references about it.

If this isn't the right MSDN forum for this I apologize, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

You can achive this by creating the same machine account of the one in domain B on the machine in domain A, and grant login to it.

HTH.

Ming.

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Hi

I am facing the same issue ... I have reporting servcies in domain A and Analysis Server on domain B , but there are no trust principles between domains. I need the reports to query the AS but my datasources are not able to establish a connection with the Analysis Server becuase its lying on another domain.

Is there a work around .

Jayanth

Connect to SQL named instance from another domain

Hi,

I have two domains setup with two way trust in place. SQL server 2005 is installed in domain A.

Is it possible to log in to SQL server using machine account of a machine in domain B?

I have been told that you cannot access SQL server from another domain using machine account. But I cannot find any resource or references about it.

If this isn't the right MSDN forum for this I apologize, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

You can achive this by creating the same machine account of the one in domain B on the machine in domain A, and grant login to it.

HTH.

Ming.

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Hi

I am facing the same issue ... I have reporting servcies in domain A and Analysis Server on domain B , but there are no trust principles between domains. I need the reports to query the AS but my datasources are not able to establish a connection with the Analysis Server becuase its lying on another domain.

Is there a work around .

Jayanth