I was using a SQL Express database for some time now with no problems for a NUnit Test project. No, all of a sudden, I'm getting these problems:
DatabaseProviderTest.TestContainsUser : System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException : Cannot open user default database. Login failed.
Login failed for user 'XXXXXX'.
For the SQLEXPRESS database, I checked and I am a user, and I gave myself every permission imaginable. The default database is master, so I don't know why I am getting this problem?
Hi, I just installed Visual web developper 2008 express with all options including SQL srvr express 2005!
This is from default iso image on the official website.
I create my first project and when I want to do ASP.NET configuration from web site menu, i got this error:
"Cannot open database "aspnetdb" requested by the login. The login failed."
I am just trying to learn here so i even did not create any dB or something, it is 1st time I run configuration to add security roles and users for testing!
I also un-installed all and re-installed, still the same...
hi, so i have a new box and I'm trying to get my websites and SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition working on it, but the pages give me the following error when I try to load them: "Cannot Open Database "XXXX" requested by login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'xxx'" Everything seems exactly the same settings and user-wise from my old box to my new one, but nevertheless everything I've tried gives me the same error. I've tried creating new users in SQL Server and giving them appropriate permissions to my database. I've even tried just using the built in 'sa' account. Nothing seems to change the error, except when I give it the incorrect password then it just says 'login failed' This leads me to believe that i'm successfully logging into the SQL Server, but it doesn't want to give me access to the database I'm requesting access too. But "apparently" the account i'm using should have access to the database. If nothing else the 'sa' account should, but that didn't work either. I'm stumped. Any ideas?
I have a problem to connect to SQL2005 Express Database with VC++ as regular user, not window system administrator.(If i login as window system admin, everything's working fine.)
A. I tried to use SQL2005 Express Server authentication, the error msg is: Code= 80004005 €œunspecified error€? Cannot open database ***, login failed.
1. I am using Server authentication with username and password. 2. Gave all the permission of Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1 and Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.2 to this regular window user. 3. Connection String is: Provider=SQLNCLI;Initial Catalog=***; User ID=***;Password=***;Data Source=***;Persist Security Info=False;Integrated Security=SSPI;
B. I tried to use Window authentication by adding User Instance, but the error is: Code= 80004005 €œunspecified error€? MS Native Client Description = Invalid connection string attribute.
Connection String is: Provider=SQLNCLI;Initial Catalog=***; Data Source=***;Persist Security Info=False;User Instance=True;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFileName=directory***.mdf;
Hi, Im getting this error when attempting to retrieve data from an sql database.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database requested in login 'projectAllocations'. Login fails. Login failed for user 'sa'.
Source Error:
Line 13: objConn = New SqlConnection( "Server=LAB303-066NETSDK; Database=projectAllocations; User ID=sa;Password=mypassword") Line 14: objCmd = New SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM project_descriptions", objConn) Line 15: objConn.Open() Line 16: objRdr = objCmd.ExecuteReader() Line 17: While objRdr.Read()
Been looking through the forums for a solution to this problem.I already tried granting access through statements such as:exec sp_grantloginaccess N1'machineNameASPNET'But they don't seem to work.. i vaguely remember seeing somewhere a DOS command line statement that grants access to the ASPNET_WP and that fixed my problem before on another computer.. but this is a new computer and i forgot to write down the command.Can anyone help explain and propose a solution to my problem. Many thanxs.
I am using the MSDE to connect to my ASP.NET application. I get this error after clicking the login button of my login page. Anyone know why this would happen?
Thanks for any help,
Cannot open database requested in login 'DataSQL'. Login fails. Login failed for user 'serverASPNET'.
Hi when i try and open a database in sql server management studio i get the error "Cannot open user default database. Login failed. Login failed for user 'DOMAINUser'. (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)", what can i do to rectify this, i have googled around and still havent found no answers.
Hey Microsoft: this affects development that will eventually sell a lot of seats on SharePoint Server 2007. If you guys and gals can't straighten out this mess, you can't expect custom solutions with custom web parts. So pay attention for your own good. Yes, SPS 2007 is what this is all about. I've created simpe web parts and deployed them, same VS 2005, but I need local development and debugging for more complex stuff. I'm really disappointed that you have no solution for this problem.
I've seen other posts on this, but the result seems to be the same: if you fix it, it's by accident, not by design.
1. I created a blank ASP.NET web site
2. I added a web part manager
3. I added a web part zone
I get the error described above. I have no idea why SQL Server settings are so screwed up.
I've tried all the stuff in the other posts - security settings, command line installation, etc. None of those worked.
The default template(s) don't copy anything into App_Data, nor create an empty folder. I don't know why that is. I have other web sites working just fine, but they use remote SQL databases, or local ones I created, and didn't need profile management (no forms authentication, no web parts, no web zones).
I've also started out with a local database, using SQL Authentication, later moving it to a remote server, and never had any problems. The SQL Server developer edition and Express seem to work just fine. I can also debug stored procs when the .mdf is in App_Data. So the problem isn't one of connectivity.
What would cause the default screw-up? This would seem to point from all directions to a problem with Visual Studio (2005)? The installation is defalt - perhaps some extras included (copy local), but nothing unusual. AJAX for ASP.net is installed, but not used in the above "default web site" trial. Likewise Syncfusion's tools, which work fine on other developer workstations at this same location, all of which are from the same image (purchased at the same time & imaged). That web parts work on other boxes, running all the same management tools (anti-virus, remote sys admin/sms etc.) makes none of those suspect.
I think Microsoft needs to have a clean problem solution and publish it. SP1 certainly doesn't fix it. What's worse is the stupid, lame error message. "I can't open the default database". Well, what did you try? What do you think the default is? What settings are you using? Why is there no debugging information other than the usual worthless trace information showing it's all deep within the ProviderBase and SqlClient namespace code? How is that supposed to be helpful?
If anyone has anything solid, not guesses, I'd like to know.
I am supposed to be documenting the SQL Express 2005 SP2 installation and connection to our application on Vista. I have installed and uninstalled the application several times in trying to create the connection and document the process. I thought I was done but now the database will not attach because it thinks the databasse is already attached. The database is not attached. I even uninstalled it again thinking something was left over.
Among the possibilities are that the database we are trying to attach is from SQL Server 2003 on a Server 2003. I tend not to think it is a server issue but have no reason to make that statement.
I tend to think it is a Vista issue because I have encountered and circumvented several. Our applications work fine on the full version of SQL. I can connect my Vista computer to the servers without issue. We have no Vista Servers other than the workstation I am trying to get SQL Express running on.
I am about out of ideas. Any suggestion will be tried at this point. Brian
<add name ="ASPNETDBConnectionString1" connectionString ="Data Source= .SQLEXPRESS; Integrated Security = True; DataBase = ASPNETDB.MDF; User ID = MyWindowsUserName; Password = MyWindowsPassword; User Instance = False; Connect Timeout = 30" providerName ="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
I tried to research on the internet and i got a solution on changing the permissions for this database to enable user SystemName/ASPNET, but iam not able to access this ASPNETDB.MDF from SqlServer and if i go to server explorer in vs2005, i dint know where to chage the permissions.
i'm using the Enterpirse library logger to write logs into a database. When choosing connection string i choose the database i want in the "connection properties" dialog box and push 'Test connection' button. everything goes well.
then i open the SQL Server Management studio express and connect to the databse to check some things, from that point on , when i push the 'Test Connection' button in the Enterprise library i get the error:
"cannot open user default database. Login failed. login failed for user My'server/MyuserName'"
even when i close the sql server manager , it is still stuck - the connection test doesn't work anymore.... it only work when i restart the computer.
Hi I have asp.net2 app using SQLExpress which works fine in VS2005. When I compile it and try to run it from IIS on the same machine using the same sql server database with: connectionstring="server=.SQLEXPRESS;Database=abc.mdf;Trusted_Connection=yes"/> I get the following error. Cannot open database abc.mdf requested by login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'machinenameASPNET' Any help much appreciated
Cannot open database "QuoteSystem" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE'. Last time I recieved this error I had to add ASPNet, NTAuthority, and myWebSiteUsers USERS under the database properties-->permissions setting for the specific database I am trying to access with the website but this database(QuoteSystem) does not lists any of these objects so I can add them. Does anybody know what I have to do to fix this? I am using SQL Server 2005.
Please, can anyone tell me why I am getting the undermentioned error message when I develop my application as an IIS Site in Visual Web Developer 2005 Express ? I have already developed and successfully tested it as a 'FileSystem Web Site' .I am using SQLSErver Express 2005 edition and have which I have installed along with the Northwind database as per the download instructions. My IIS software is version 5.1 which I have checked and it is configured to allow Integrated Windows Authentication. the relevant code is (1) web.config file connection strings <connectionStrings> <add name="NorthwindConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=.sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/> </connectionStrings>(2) the grid view control and sqldatasource <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="CategoryID" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"> <Columns> <asp:BoundField DataField="CategoryID" HeaderText="CategoryID" InsertVisible="False" ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="CategoryID" /> <asp:BoundField DataField="CategoryName" HeaderText="CategoryName" SortExpression="CategoryName" /> <asp:BoundField DataField="Description" HeaderText="Description" SortExpression="Description" /> </Columns> </asp:GridView> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT [CategoryID], [CategoryName], [Description] FROM [Categories]"> </asp:SqlDataSource>This is the full error message and details: Server Error in '/sqlservertest' Application.
Cannot open database "Northwind" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'JERRY-3C9615BAAASPNET'. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "Northwind" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'JERRY-3C9615BAAASPNET'.Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace:
Hi all, Iam getting this error System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "XYZ" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'xyz-abcASPNET'. when trying to open the page.... http://localhost:1807/projectname/WebFormName.aspx as http://localhost/projectname/WebFormName.aspx Couldnt figure out the solution.Please help Soujanya
I Guys I am trying to create an application that writes data to a SQL database (studio express). The application works fine but as soon as I open the table with the SQL server management studio express the application does not work any more displaying the following message:
€œCannot open user default database. Login failed. Login failed for user€¦€?
If I siwtch off and on the computer the problem disappear till the table will be open with the database management studio express!!!!!
Error!!! 1>Cannot open database "intranet" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'RAGHAVEN-71AF9BASPNET'. Error!!! 2> An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) These both errors r coming simultaneously when start to debug only when i tried to retrive data from database , from past two days not able to work on database,plz help me in solving this ,i tried everything what i know and even on experts advice from recommended websites, forums and on google search..
I am getting the above error. On server1 I am running a dts package via a sql server job (sql server2005). This has been working perfectly for over a year. This package needs to access a database on server2. The database in question on server2 was recently restored from our produciton environment to refresh the data. Every since thsi time the job on server1 is failing with the above error.
Steps I have taken so far: droped the user from server2 and recreated it gave the user sysadmin rights on server 2 and server1
I'm using Visual Web Developer, .NET Framework 2.0, ASP.NET 20., IIS 5.1. on Windows XP Pro SP2.
I have assigned every possible user i can think of full permissions to the web folder, all of the subfolders, and the database files. This includes Administrator, Administrator Groups, ASPNET user, IUSR_Machine, Interner guest account, Network Group, Network Service Group, Power Users Group, Users.
I'm logged on as administrator.
When i run the web service from within VWD, i get this error.
Cannot open database "eBayTrader" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'DHJC2R91ASPNET'.
Does anybody know how to resolve this problem ?
I have been working on it for days. I will gladly pay someone to work this out with me over the phone/email. I'll send you a check before we start.
I have created a new database within SQLServer Express 2005 and have an ASP page in IIS. Any time i attempt to access the database I get the following error:
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot open database "testDB" requested by the login. The login failed.
The ODBC connection that I have created works fine if connecting to the same table (literally three sample fields with two records) in an Access database.
The database connection that I am using is:
Set DatabaseConnection = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") DatabaseConnection.Open "DSN=testDB;UID=EINSTEINAdministrator&pwd=password;DATABASE=testDB;APP=ASP Script" Set rs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.recordset") SQLString = "SELECT * FROM testTable" rs.Open SQLString, DatabaseConnection if NOT rs.EOF then Response.Write(rs("testField1") & " - " & rs("testField2")) end if rs.Close DatabaseConnection.Close Set DatabaseConnection = Nothing
EINSTEIN is the name of the server, rs = Recordset. I have tried changing to just Administrator instead of machinenameAdministrator with no success. I have got SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP, and can log in fine to SQL Server using EINSTEINAdministrator.
I get that error.I'm sure you see this question alot, but i'm dumfounded by it. Problem is that i've taken the code directly off the live website, yes i've changed the connection string... Private _connStr As String = "Data Source=localhostSQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=EFM;User ID=*****;password=******;Trusted_Connection=true" and am using the database that was originally worked on... Only thing that has changed is my new computer.... had to reload everything... new VWD, new sql express, new sql servermanagement studio express... all semmingly working fine... ie i can see the database and edit it, i just cant connect to it through the localhost to test the program. Any Ideas? why does this error come up... how can i fix it? Thanks in advance Cannot open database "EFM" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'GERTIEIBM USER'.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "EFM" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'GERTIEIBM USER'.
Source Error:
Line 19: MyBase.New()Line 20: myConn = New SqlConnection(_connStr)Line 21: myConn.Open()Line 22: End SubLine 23:
Source File: C:Documents and SettingsIBM USERDesktopEntertainmentwwwrootApp_CodecDB.vb Line: 21
Hi, we are running a webapplication, using IIS6, Windows 2003 64 bit in classic Asp. In the asp pages we connect to our SQL server (SQL Server 2005 64bit,windows 2003 64 bit), mirrored on a third sql server (same software setup as the first sql server).
The mirroring is without witness.
This works perfectly but sometimes we get the following error :
Description: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Cannot open database "OBJECTS" requested by the login. The login failed.
In the logs of sql, we see that the offending connection does not go the principal but to the mirror. Which would cause the problem of course..
The name of the database varies, and there is no consistent error. Most of the time there are no problems (95%), but sometimes we get these errors.
Connection from the asp to sql is done using ADO, using following driver in the connectionstring :
Driver="{SQL Native Client}"
Does anyone have an idea what could be the problem ? We can of course increase timouts for the mirroring, but is this the solution ?
Hi, we are running a webapplication, using IIS6, Windows 2003 64 bit in classic Asp. In the ASP pages we connect to our SQL server (SQL Server 2005 64bit,windows 2003 64 bit), mirrored on a third sql server (same software /hardware setup as the first sql server).
The mirroring is without witness.
This works but sometimes we get the following ODBC error in our ASP application :
Description: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Cannot open database "OBJECTS" requested by the login. The login failed.
No error can be seen in the principal SQL error logs. But a failed authorization can be found on the mirror server.. And this of course this makes sense, as the connection does not go to the primary but to the secondary, which is acting as mirror. And therefore can not be accessed. The question is : why does the connection sometimes jumps in stead from the primary server, to the mirror server ? Nowhere in the code I give a secondary server as reference.
Most of the time there are no problems (97%), but sometimes we get these errors.
The moments that this error occures are random, as are the databases with which the error occurs.
The connection is made through ODBC in an ASP web application (IIS6) , simelar to :
Set oCn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") oCn.CommandTimeout = 180 oCn.Open lconstring
where lconstring is a dsn param : e.g. "filedsn=c:datadsnmastercon.dsn" where the dsn file contains following info :
I tried the above without the DSN, so a dsnless connection string. Nothing changed. I tried following drivers :{SQL Native Client} and SQLNCLI Nothing changed
Does anyone have an idea what could be the problem ? We can of course increase timouts for the mirroring, but is this the solution ? Before we started using SQL 2005 and mirroring this problem did not occur. Greets Tom
Everything works fine with the website I've created except i get a Login failed message every now and then Failed Login is: NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE Is this to do with the maximum number of connections to the database? how can i stop this from happening?
Whenever I try to connect to my SQL Express Database with C# code,(.net 2.0), it says "Login failed for user 'TUser'. The user is not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection." But I can connect with SQL Express Manager. I've heard somewhere this is a SQL authentication problem, I didn't enable it during installation. So is there a way to fix this? How can I enable SQL authentication without uninstalling it?
For the life of me I've had nothing but trouble using SQL Server Express. My latest problem sprung up out of nowhere, I all of a sudden begin getting the following error, when I know my app was working last time I ran it: "Cannot open user default database. Login failed.Login failed for user 'PINCHCPUBrad'."I get this error in an auto-generated file App_Code.1voqxxpd.18.cs. What kills me is, I can connect to the database through Server Explorer and SQL Management Studio, but for some reason my application cannot. I really don't understand how logging-in works with SQL Server Express as I've never even set up a login. When I look at my database properties in Server Explorer is shows Owner as the exact entity my application says it can't find: 'PINCHCPUBrad'. The database I'm trying to connect is in my App/Data folder and my Connection String says: "LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=False;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/> I honestly don't get why attaching to and maintaining a simple database is unbelievable difficult and unpredictable, but I constantly get screwey errors like this that pop up out of nowhere.
Every so often I get an error when I pull up an ASP.NET 2.0 site using SQL Express. It tells me that the login failed. If I go into the server's administrative tools > services and restart SQL Express and then refresh the site, it works just fine. Is this some sort of bug or memory issue? Does the application need to connect every so often or end up falling out somewhere?
I have a machine with Windows XP Pro w/SP 2, IIS, SQL Server Express and Visual Studio 2005 installed. When I attempt to open a database from an ASPX page, I'm getting an exception with the message:
"Cannot open database "Tasks" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'MYDEVASPNET'."
I've searched the web and found a number of pages that talk about the "Login failed for MACHINEASPNET" issue, but I didn't find any with a solution.
For your information (in case it makes any difference), the computer is connected to a domain. And the authentication methods for the virtual directory (in IIS) is configured for "Anonymous access" and "Integrated Windows authentication."
Does anyone know how to configure SQL Server Express (or is it IIS?) so the web page can access the database?
I followed the steps outlined in a blog I found to setup SS2005 express for remote connections. Everything appeared to go smooth until I actually tried to logon ;)
I have Sql Server 2005 Express installed on my WinXP PRO machine at home (no domain). I have opened the ports on the firewall, etc.
When I try and login from the SQLCMD command line tool I get a Login Failed error. Here is the connection string that I'm trying to use: SQLCMD -S **.***.**.*SQLEXPRESS -U Steve -P MyPassword
The error: Login failed for user 'Steve'.
When I use Management Studio Express on the same machine running Sql Server, it shows the User name: NEVERSTILLSteve
'NEVERSTILL' is the name of my computer.
If I try and use that same username with a remote connection I get the same error.
I have googled for the error and msg code, but nothing fitting my situation is coming up.
See previous post with WCF connection working some times for additional info.
I'm checking the server log and my attempt to log into one database works. When I try to login to the second database I get this logged:
Login failed for user 'xxx' (Client {my ip address} )
Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 16
When I go to the database server and pull up the user, both the original and second database are checked in the User Mappings at the Server Users level. If I set master to the intial database, the first database, or the second database as the initial catalog....I can access the first database but not the second.
No I have not found one word written for SQL Server 2005 that I could find that states THIS IS HOW YOU ENABLE LOGIN FOR A DATABASE, however since I've not found anything different between the DB that works and the one that doesn't then I must assume I've done things right.
The only thing that is odd on the server is that there are two different logins created with different names but for the same user. I've made sure that database 2 is checked for both user records. I tried to purge the duplicate but I get a DROP failure and don't have the time to try and interpret SQL Servers' obscure error messages.
I need to get access before 3PM EST and would love any help on this brick wall ASAP. Thanks.
