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Re: server connection

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On Aug 26, 8:10 am, "Bob Barrows" <reb01...@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
> Fabiof wrote:
> > I have an interesting issue connecting to ms sql server.
>
> > I'm connecting to the server with in a legacy asp application just
> > fine. The same application has some page in asp but written in
> > javascript. When I try to connect to the sql server I get the
> > following error.
>
> > Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005'
>
> > [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or
> > access denied.
>
> > Here is the connection string. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> > connection_object = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection");
> > connection_object.CursorLocation = 3;
> > connection_object.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.
> > 1;Password=xxx;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxx;Data Source=.
> > \SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=xxxx;"
>
> > connection_object.Open();
>
> I believe Erland is correct. You could have figured this out using the basic
> ddebugging technique of assigning the string to a variable and using
> response.write to view the content of the variable:
>
> var cstr = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.
> 1;Password=xxx;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxx;Data Source=.
> \SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=xxxx;";
> Response.Write(cstr);
> connection_object.Open(cstr);
>
> Doing so would have made you realize you have a javascript problem rather
> than a sql server problem and allowed you to decide to post your question to
> a javascript group instead.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Could SQLEXPRESS be an instance name and if so would the server name
need to appear before it in the string?

HTH -- Mark D Powell --

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server connection Fabiof <fabio.folino@gmail.com> - 2011-08-25 18:22 -0700
  Re: server connection Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-08-26 07:29 +0000
  Re: server connection "Bob Barrows" <reb01501@NOSPAMyahoo.com> - 2011-08-26 08:10 -0400
    Re: server connection Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell2@hp.com> - 2011-08-31 13:03 -0700
      Re: server connection Henk van den Berg <me@myplace.net> - 2011-09-01 17:55 +0200

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