Can't connect to remote MS SQL Server Database - sql-server

I have a MS SQL Server Database in house (but on a different network) that I am trying to connect to via cold fusion. However I keep getting this error: "Datasource could not be found."
Remote connections are enabled including tcpip.
Account name is correct. I can log in via test without any problems.
Here is my code:
<cfquery
name="getIT"
datasource="RemoteServerName_OR_ipAddress.DATABASE_NAME.dbo"
username="test"
password="test"
>

It looks like you need to set up the datasource in the Coldfusion Administrator.
http://www.quackit.com/coldfusion/tutorial/coldfusion_datasource.cfm

You need to first set up the datasource in ColdFusion Administrator, then use the datasource name - see the documentation adding data sources

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Debezium SQL Server Connector - "Couldn't obtain database name"

I'm trying to set up a Debezium SQL Server Connector against a SQL Server instance that is controlled by DBAs at my workplace. I've been able to start up Zookeeper and Kafka Server without issue, and Kafka Connect itself works with sample Connectors, but when attempting to start a Debezium SQL Server Connector instance I've been getting the error "Couldn't obtain database name".
[2022-07-12 16:36:04,269] ERROR Stopping after connector error (org.apache.kafka.connect.cli.ConnectStandalone:117)
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.rest.errors.BadRequestException: Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 1 error(s):
Unable to connect. Check this and other connection properties. Error: Couldn't obtain database name
Here is my debezium config:
name=Dbz-SqlServer-connector
connector.class=io.debezium.connector.sqlserver.SqlServerConnector
database.hostname=MyDbHost
database.port=1433
database.user=MyUsername
database.password=MyPassword
database.dbname=MyDatabase
database.server.name=MyDbHost
table.include.list=dbo.CdcTest
database.history.kafka.bootstrap.servers=localhost:9092
database.history.kafka.topic=dbhistory.CdcTest
I've tried this in a .properties file passed to a standalone Connect instance, and as a JSON POST to a distributed Connect instance. I have tried all of the same steps on both my local Windows machine as well as on a linux VM, with the same results.
Confluent and Docker are not options for me in this situation.
for SQL Server login credentials, I am using a local account on the SQL Server instance that does have access to the database in question. I found the source code for debezium's connectors on their github and was able to find that specific error message within the code:
private static final String GET_DATABASE_NAME = "SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = ?";
...
public String retrieveRealDatabaseName(String databaseName) {
try {
return prepareQueryAndMap(GET_DATABASE_NAME,
ps -> ps.setString(1, databaseName),
singleResultMapper(rs -> rs.getString(1), "Could not retrieve exactly one database name"));
}
catch (SQLException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Couldn't obtain database name", e);
}
}
I'm not completely familiar with Java but it appears that basically something is going wrong when the connector is trying to run "SELECT name FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'MyDatabase'". When I run this against the database myself, logged in with the same account I'm using, it seems to work just fine, so I'm really not sure where to go from here. It is fair to say that since I'm not in full control of the SQL Server environment that I'm using, there may be some permissions issues that I'm not aware of, but from what I'm able to test it seems like it should be working.
I would greatly appreciate any help at all, whether just suggestions on settings/configs to check or a full-blown solution.
Thank you!
Update: I've built a simple console app to run that sys.databases query against MyDbHost, master database, as the relevant account, and it's working just fine so I feel like that confirms that my connection info is correct and account permissions are also correct. Seems like this is an issue within the Debezium connector.
It turned out that my problem was a mistake in the connector's config setting. I misunderstood which specific pieces of data to put into database.hostname and database.server.name, and one I corrected those fields the connector works.

Siteground SQL Database to Power BI

I would like to connect my SQL Database on Siteground Hosting to Power BI through the SQL Server connection. However, I need to get the following information which I am not sure where to get:
Siteground Database Credentials in the format: servername:portname
Username & Password (which I have)
And finally, when I inserted the IP Address in item no.1, the error received is as below:
Based on the error above, I figured it could be either:
(i) the IP address I have inserted is wrong; or
(ii) I need to allow remote access to my database on Siteground CPanel:
If item (ii) is the reason for the error, in order to allow PowerBI to access the database, I would need to insert the IP Address of my PowerBI Online which I do not know how to get
I need assistance basically connecting my PowerBI application to my SQL Database created on my hosting account Siteground
Any help is much appreciated.
Your Siteground control panel suggest that the database is MySQL - your are trying to connect to a SQL Server database. They are not the same thing which is probably why it doesn't work.
Try using the MySQL connector for Power BI
First, as Martin Cairney told you, the connector that you are using is wrong - Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL are completely different products, which are not compatible. First change the connector.
The list of IP addresses is something dynamic. There is no guarantee, that Power BI will try to connect to your database from a single IP address only, nor that this IP address will stay the same for a long time. If you go this way, you should maintain this on a weekly basis and monitor for changes. The list of IP addresses can be downloaded from these json files:
Public: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56519
US Gov: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57063
Germany: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57064
China: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57062
They are updated weekly.
Better solution is to move your database to Azure (e.g. Azure MySQL service or MySQL installed in Virtual Machine in Azure) or to migrate to another data source.

ColdFusion not maintaining connection to Azure Data Warehouse

Our ColdFusion 2016 Enterprise server (Windows Server 2012 R2) is not maintaining connections to an Azure Data Warehouse. The first Azure query on a page takes a second or more to run. Subsequent Azure queries on the same page take a fraction of a second, e.g.:
test1 (Datasource=azureDev, **Time=3485ms**, Records=1) in D:\DW\dwtest\CF2016\bob\azureAdhoc.cfm # 12:10:12.012
select count(*) cnt from dimpatient where name like 'smith%' and birthdate >'2014-02-01'
test2 (Datasource=AzureDev, **Time=125ms**, Records=3) in D:\DW\dwtest\CF2016\bob\azureAdhoc.cfm # 12:10:12.012
select * from dbo.dimPatientMergeStatus
test3 (Datasource=azureDev, **Time=281ms**, Records=1) in D:\DW\dwtest\CF2016\bob\azureAdhoc.cfm # 12:10:13.013
select count(*) cnt from dimpatient where name like 'jones%' and birthdate >'2004-02-01'
It seems apparent that CF is taking extra time to actually make the connection while running the first query on the page. We've tried with various queries and re-arranging their order and always end up with the same result.
We are connecting to Azure using the latest MS jdbc driver (mssql-jdbc-6.2.2.jre8.jar) and 'Maintain Connections' is checked. We first attempted to connect using the built in Microsoft SQL Server driver but kept getting this error:
Connection verification failed for data source: AzureDev2
java.sql.SQLException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]Error
fetching requested database meta-data info.
We do not see this issue when we run the queries in SSMS.
Any idea what might be wrong?
How does ColdFusion Server manage database connections when there are client variables?
With ColdFusion Server version 4.5.1 SP1 and higher, when you store
your client variables in a database, your code connects to the
database only when a variable is set. This prevents unnecessary
database connections, for instance, in a case where you are using
client management, but no client variables are present in a particular
request.
https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/database-connections-handled-coldfusion.html

Connecting to sql database

(I am a sql noob and I just can not figure this out on my own)
For some time now I have been trying to establish a connection to a SQL database in codename one but to no avail. First I tried connecting to a MariaDB database from one.com. All that's needed for the connection is
Database db = Display.getInstance().openOrCreate("databaseName");
if I am not mistaken, but I am guessing this implies that I have somehow already established a connection to the database. This is not the case however so it creates a new .sql file, right? I can recall that you can connect to a database in the services tab in Netbeans. I chose the MySQL(Connector/ J Driver) which should work with MariaDB, or should it? I entered all my data and i says that it can not establish connection to the database.
the error i get
So I thought I might as well try using localhost. I used XAMPP to host a database and connected in the netbeans services tab.
connected?
Now testing was needed to see if this works. I started the SQL journey with this https://www.codenameone.com/manual/files-storage-networking.html#_sql and integrated the part after "You can probably integrate this code into your app as a debugging tool". I changed database name to "mybase" (it's existance can be confirmed in picture 2). Ran the app, opened the dialog, entered "select ID from customers" and got: java.sql.SQLException: [SQLITE_ERROR] SQL error or missing database (no such table: customers) It does not get past the first call to "executeQuery". The customers table definitely exists so what am I missing to establish connection?
I really need instructions to connect to the localhost database and ideally also to the one hosted by my webhost provider.
Thanks,
Jona
The Database class is to access the SQLite DB on the mobile device. To connect to external databases, you'd have to do something different, such as a ConnectionRequest or Socket I think.

Use local database from master in MS SQLEXPRESS

I have created a local db using SQLEXPRESS through Visual Basic.
I intend to use LINQ to connect to the database from the application. Here is my statement to initially connect to the database:
Dim db As New DataContext("Data Source=localhost\SQLEXPRESS; Initial Catalog=master; Integrated Security=True;")
Ideally, my database would be entered for Initial Catalog, but that was giving me authentication errors for some reason. Now that this statement executes, my next step is to connect to my specific database. However, when I try to connect with a statement like this:
Dim TestCommand = db.ExecuteCommand("Use MyDB.mdf")
I get an error that the database does not exist.
When I query my database with the following commands:
SELECT name FROM master.sys.databases
The returned values are master, tempdb, model, msdb, and C:USERS\MY NAME\DOCUMENTS\MyDB.mdf
I have tried the above "TestCommand" writing out the directory for the database, but I get an error at "C:".
So, my db exists, but can someone explain to me the syntax I should use to "USE" my database?
You should not use the use command this way! You must connect to the application's database directly by setting it as Initial Catalog. If you're not authorized to do so, a use command won't let you either, by the way. So you have to fix the authorization for the database: create a login for your windows account in Sql Server Management Studio and grant it read/write access to the application's database.

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