can anyone tell me how to change from windows authentication to SQL server authentication.I have been using this as my connection string
"server=.;Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Work;Integrated Security=True"
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The following connectionString format should do the job.
connectionString="user id=yourUsername; password=yourPassword;data source=yourServerName;initial catalog=yourDatabaseName;"
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Can anyone give me the libname statement for making SAS to SQL Server connection using windows authentication or is it even possible without entering userid and password?
Thanks
You will want to use a connection string that has Trusted_Connection=True; How that property is communicated to the engine is dependent on the engine.
A great resource for all things connection strings is https://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server/
Every time I have a fresh install of Windows, Visual Studio and Sql Server I always have problems getting an application to connect to the local instance of Sql Server.
I am trying to start an application using Entity Framework code first. Here is my connection string.
<add name="KCSoccerDataContext"
connectionString="Data Source=.\MSSQLSERVER;Initial Catalog=KCSoccer;Integrated Security=SSPI"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
I am able to connect to the database instance using Sql Server Management Studio, but can't seem to connect using this connection string. I am assuming the problem has to do with how the database instance is configured.
The error I'm getting is
{"The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string."}
I'm not exactly sure what this means or where to go from here.
Any help anyone could give on this would be awesome.
Thanks
Use just this connection string:
<add name="KCSoccerDataContext"
connectionString="Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=KCSoccer;Integrated Security=SSPI"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
MSSQLSERVER is name of default instance. It is not used in connection strings. It even doesn't work from Management studio if you try using it. Only names of custom instances must by used.
You probably didn't enable remote connections for SQL Server since it's a fresh installation. Follow first solution here or here.
My project has an Entity Framework connection string but I want to connect to a SQL Server Express database, so I think I have to change the connection string to SQL Server Express - but how ?
I want to change below connection string. Is it also enough connect database just changing connection string for same SQL Server mdf file ?
<add name="MyEntities"
connectionString="metadata=res://*/Model.MyEntities.csdl|res://*/Model.MyEntities.ssdl|res://*/Model.TravldbEntities.msl;
provider=System.Data.SqlClient;
provider connection string="Data Source=sandiego;
Initial Catalog=mydatabse;Persist Security Info=True;
User ID=user;Password='password';MultipleActiveResultSets=True""
providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
What have you tried? I'm not familiar with EF, but why not just try something similar to how a normal C# app would connect:
<add name="MyEntities"
connectionString="provider=System.Data.SqlClient;
Data Source=sandiego; -- maybe needs to be sandiego\SQLEXPRESS?
User ID=user;
Password=password;">
I would only specify the MARS attribute if you know for sure you need it.
Instead of this:
Data Source=sandiego
Use this:
Data Source=SomeMachineNameOrIP\SQLExpress
Here's another similar answer.
My knowledge on OLEDB is minimal at best.
Is there a way to build a connection string to use a trusted Windows authentication rather than using User ID and Password?
Yes.
Here's an example for SQL Server 2008.
Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase; Trusted_Connection=yes;
If your database is something other than SQL Server 2008 (and the odds are probably pretty good that it's not), you can get just about any Connection String example from this site: http://www.connectionstrings.com/
or here http://www.carlprothman.net/Default.aspx?tabid=81
Since you didn't state what language you would be using the OLEDB call through I just posted some basic C# to do the trick.
using System.Data.OleDb;
OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection();
conn.ConnectionString =
"Driver=SQLOLEDB;" +
"Data Source=ServerName;" +
"Initial Catalog=DataBaseName;" +
"Integrated Security=SSPI;";
conn.Open();
As MSDN states in the How To: Connect to SQL Server Using Windows Authentication in ASP.NET 2.0 article,
The connection string used with Windows authentication must include either the Trusted_Connection=Yes attribute, or the equivalent attribute Integrated Security=SSPI, as shown here.
So instead of User Id=...; and Password=...; you should include one of the options below in your connection string,
Trusted_Connection=Yes
Integrated Security=SSPI
I can connect to my sql server 2008 developer server using this in a sample code project:
string connection = #"data source=.\SQLSERVER2008;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=RSINET.MVC";
When I try updating the web.config file like so, I get a sql exception:
<add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="data source=.\SQLSERVER2008;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=RSINET.MVC" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
The error that I get is this:
Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.
I am using the .NET provider?
matt
Did you try using LOCALHOST\SQLSERVER2008 or 127.0.0.1\SQLSERVER2008 or \SQLSERVER2008? Also why is there a period in your database name? You will likely have to escape that (or preferably get rid of it by changing the name)... even if it doesn't solve this issue, it will cause others if you leave it that way.
Configure your server for remote connections
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914277
Add the port (default 1433) to the connection string.
Ie: localhost\SQLSERVER2008,1433