I have installed ASP.NET application with database on our server. ASP.NET application created database using connection string below. The problem is that I do not see database in SQL Server Management Studio. I use "Windows Authentication" account to login to SQL Server. How to solve this problem? Also I see two sqlservr.exe instances in process manager.
server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;database=bugs;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True
You won't see databases created with "User Instance=True" unless you login as the exact user the database was created under, and the database has been attached.
Given that if ASP.NET created the database it's likely it was created by Network Service then you are not going to see it at all. Whilst you could manually try to attached it as a user instance yourself, you may well end up messing up the permissions or hitting the "database already exists" problem.
Make sure you're connecting to (local)\SQLEXPRESS instance and not to the default instance.
Where is the stored procedure that created the database? Just because there is a connection string does not guarantee that there was a database created.
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I have created this assignment where I am essentially using .net Core to read and write to an instance of a SQL localDb: Github
This is my first time using a localdb, but when I submitted it to my professor, he is not able to create, or manipulate the database at all. My thoughts were that when he runs it, it would create and instance of the database on his computer, but I guess not. He gets the following error:
SqlException: Cannot open database 'Bartender_App' requested by login. The Login failed. Login failed for user "Username"
this error occurs when trying to create a new order. Is there any way to bypass this authentication? because the web app works on my computer.
would he have to create his own migrations and update the database from Visual Studios on his end?
I have tried to look it up, but come across deployment of these web apps to a server which is not what I am trying to do, I am just aiming for him to be able to run the application on his computer, even if the database starts empty, and he can manipulate, add, and remove the data from the localDb instance
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Is there any way to bypass this authentication? because the web app
works on my computer.
This is impossible, SQL Server Express LocalDB does not accept remote connections.
As an alternative, you can automate the backup of your database structure and provide it to your instructor, you can refer to How to copy a database from one computer to another?.
If there is not much table, manual creation may be faster and easier.
More details ,have a look for Can SQL Server Express LocalDB be connected to remotely?.
I have a database I've created on my local machine that I can't seem to correctly deploy to SQL Azure. I'm deploying two databases, including the one that provides user membership.
Every time I attempt this, when I try to login and access to the database is attempted, I receive a The system cannot find the file specified error:
I've tried deploying the database every way I could from Microsoft SQL Management Studio - by right clicking my databases and "Deploy Database to SQL Azure", by generating drop and create data only SQL scripts and running these against an existing target database, by creating a bacpac and importing this and all of these have the same result.
I've double checked connection strings in my .NET MVC applications web.config and these are all correct.
Interestingly, if I run my website locally with connection strings that pointed to my updated Azure SQL db, everything works fine - but on my Azure Website I always get the same results.
Your issue actually looks like a connection string issue but if anyone else ends up here thanks to Google you can resolve orphaned users on Azure SQL Db using:
ALTER USER <user_name> WITH Login = <login_name>;
I am not a AZURE expert, but when moving DB's from one server to another sometimes user's get orphaned making the DB not accessible.
Can you run this command on the AZURE DB via SQL MANAGEMENT STUDIO?
exec sp_change_users_login 'Report'
It will tell you what username and UserSSID may be orphaned. If indeed there is a returned record run
EXEC sp_change_users_login 'Auto_Fix', '[[UserName_goes_here]]'
I know this question has been asked before on here, but none of the solutions seem to have helped. I am migrating a database from one machine hosting SQL Server 2008 Express to another. Basically the exact same configuration. I backed up my database from Old Server to New Server. When I try to run my application, I'm told "Login failed for user 'sqluser'." I've compared the settings from Old Server and New Server and they are identical as far as I can tell. If it helps, here is my connection string:
<add name="RetailCrimeConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=NewServer\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=RetailCrime;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=sqluser;Password=AwesomePassword"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
If I switch the connection string back to OldServer, my application is happy again.
The user sqluser is datareader and datawriter on RetailCrime -- just like he is on OldServer. The application is clearly connecting because the error changes to a connection error if I change the data source to something purposely incorrect. I've gone through the SQL instance settings and I think everything that needs to be enabled is enabled. I've even added a firewall exception (a step I didn't need to take on OldServer). And I have re-created the database and created a test one on NewServer with the same results.
Is there anything outside the normal fare of Google results that I may have missed? Let me know if there is any other info you need. I wasn't sure what other details to include.
Thanks!
I figured it out. It turns out that I set the server to only accept Windows authentication and not SQL Server accounts when I set it up. Once I set that in SMSS, the web application started accepting SQL login with no trouble. I came to this idea when I realized that I could connect by impersonating Windows accounts. Thanks for the ideas! Merry Christmas!
Have you created the SQL Login for sqluser and mapped it to the database user?
You only mention the database user in your question.
Try deleting "NewServer", and add "." instead. If it's not on the same machine, put IP address of NewServer in place of the ".", like "Data Source=10.10.46.15\SQLExpress". Like below:
<add name="RetailCrimeConnectionString"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=RetailCrime;Persist Security Info=True;
User ID=sqluser;Password=AwesomePassword" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
You also need to make sure your TCP/IP communication is enabled. This is for 2012 but step should be similar, See steps:
On the Start menu, click All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2012 >
Configuration Tools > SQL Server Configuration Manager.
Click SQL Server 2012 Services.
Expand the SQL Server 2012 Network Configuration node, and then
select Protocols for MSSQLServer (SQL Instance Name).
Right-click TCP/IP, and then click Enable.
Select SQL Server 2012 Services in the tree.
Right-click SQL Server (SQL Instance Name), and then click Restart.
Update:
Last thing to try, maybe:
Go to Start > Microsoft SQL Sever 2012 folder > Configuration Tools > Open SQL Server Configuration Manager
Make sure everything on the list in SQL Server Services is not Stopped. And make sure the start Mode is set to Automatic, not manual.
I just created a new database in "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express" and now I'm in "ColdFusion Administrator" and I'm trying to add my database as a Data Source. How do I do that? I believe the servername is .\SQLEXPRESS but I'm not sure what the default username and password are. I've tried creating a new login through Management Studio with an actual username and password, but those aren't working either. The error I'm getting is:
Connection verification failed for data source: xxx
java.sql.SQLNonTransientConnectionException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]The requested instance is either invalid or not running.
The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLNonTransientConnectionException: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]The requested instance is either invalid or not running.
I can see that the service is running, and I can connect to it through management studio. I've tried following a couple tutorials online, but they don't seem to be working for me. Ideas?
Server name can be any resolvable hostname or domain name, in case of having SQL Server and CF server on same box localhost should work for you.
Also make sure that user you created has access to the particular database and needed operations. Look into the database permissions for this. This check is not required when using master account (often login is sa), but this is not recommended practice because of the security reasons.
Also make sure SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode is checked. I had an issue with permissions as well when I only had Windows Authentication enabled under:
right click on server (localhost) -> security
Then restart SQL Server Services to save changes. After that I was able to connect my ColdFusion datasource to SQL Server.
For testings sake use the same credentials that you are connected with in Management Studio, likely the "sa" user and password. Once you have it working with "sa" then go back into Management Studio and create an application level user for your CF app and then update the data source to use your new user / password.
I am sorry if this sounds like a silly question, but I have googled for a while for a solution and no success. I am trying to establish a connection from VS 2008 to SQL Server. I am trying to use an user that my web application has been successfuly using to access the database from in its connection string. But when doing it from VS 2008, it tells me "Login failed for use 'xxxxxx'". I am currently in the "Add Connection" window. I have chosen the datasource and server name, fulfilled username and password for SQL Server Authentication. Do I have to set specific permissions for this user? Do I need to allow a VS 2008 user in SQL Server? Thanks.
I have found the solution for this problem. My Visual Studio would pull automatically something like MACHINENAME\SQLEXPRESS. As it was pulled automatically, I did not bother taking a closer look at it. I finally realized the connection string that worked for me in my other application was .\SQLESXPRESS. When I entered it in Visual Studio, it did work. Thank you all for the help.
Do you have SQL Server Management Studio Express Installed? if so try connecting as the same user through that interface. This will isolate your problem a bit.
With Visual Studio, you're connecting through a "remote" connection, even though they're on the same machine. With Server Management Studio, you're connecting through a named pipe probably. You need to change the SQL configuration so that it allows remote connections. Here are instructions for how to do it.
You can test your SQL connection by connecting using LINQPad, Often find this solves problems with connections to new SQL Server instances at my workplace.
http://www.linqpad.net/
Are you trying to specify the username and password to connect with in the connection string - ALA:
Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;
This actually uses SQL Authentication, not Integrated (Windows) authentication. What you might be looking for is this:
Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;Trusted_Connection=True;
This would log into the database as the use running Visual Studio. Notice that the username/password aren't specified here - it uses the current Windows identity - in your case, that's the user running Visual Studio.