I am trying to connect to a SQL Server instance via a .NET Winforms client. When I use a "Trusted connection" connection string all works fine, yet when I use a standard security connection string I get an error that the login fails.
The really confusing thing is that in the database both the Windows authentication user and the SQL Server authentication user have the exact same permissions. For testing I made both part of the "sysadmin" role.
I have got to be missing something simple but I have checked username and password over and over yet it still fails. Has anyone else run into this?
This works ...
string connectionString = #"server=dbserver.myhost.com\myinstance;database=MyDB;integrated Security=SSPI;";
This does not work ...
string connectionString = #"server=dbserver.myhost.com\myinstance;database=MyDB;User Id=testuser;Password=mypassword;";
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I'm trying to connect my Azure Web App to my AzureSQL database.
In the Kudu Env (https://{my-app-name}.scm.azurewebsites.net/env) there is some kind of default connection string:
LocalSqlServer
- ConnectionString = data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated
Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true
- ProviderName = System.Data.SqlClient
I have set the connection string in the App configuration, it looks like this:
Data Source=tcp:myapp.database.windows.net,1433;Initial Catalog=databaseName;User ID=databaseSA;Password=password;
But no matter what I try, the connection string in the Kudu environment never changes.
This connection string is also set no where by me, neither in the code base nor in any Azure settings I found.
It's very similar to this SO, which never got resolved: Azure Web App Not Showing Connectionstring in Kudu Env
This is the error message that throws when the app tries to access the database, which makes sense since the connection string tries to connect to .\SQLEXPRESS which doesn't exist anywhere (locally I use .\SQL2019 as connection string):
I would appreciate any help or hint.
So after 3 days I finally managed to get it to work.
First I got it running locally, be sure to white list your IP in the Azure database firewall settings.
Then I got it running in Azure and checking all the names and settings again.
I used the first connection string from my Azure database (SQL Authentication) with the database SA user.
I set that connection string in the connection string of the Azure Web App.
Also make sure that the connection string in your code is the same as the one in the Azure Web app configuration.
Also during some point my App didn't run anymore due to errors in the .Net code, so beware of that.
I thought I had tried this already before posting here, but I guess there were some wrong settings in all these tests.
I have two desktop clients with VS 2017. I inherited a C# .NET app that connects to a SQL Server in the next room. We generally use SQL Server authentication (as opposed to Windows authentication) when we perform SQL queries.
I use a connection string that looks something like this ...
"Data Source=DR101; User Id = DR_DATA; Password = CD7504st; Integrated Security=SSPI; TransparentNetworkIPResolution=False"
... which works like a charm from the first desktop. From the second desktop it always fails to access the database, giving an error indicating a Windows login failure ...
... threw an exception.
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Login failed for user 'SDAR\SdarAutoSvc'
I have compared everything I can think of between these two systems. As far as I can ascertain, they are identical in most every way ... both use the same Visual Studio (Help > About, and compared the long list of module versions. Identical on both systems), the same System.Data.dll module, the same App.config, C# source code, input data, etc.
The failing system only fails via this visual studio app - i.e., I can reach the database server from that desktop via SMSS, using the SQL Server credentials (not Windows authentication).
I am out of ideas as to how this second machine might be unable to access the database, and why it apparently uses Windows auth rather than the sql userId/password from the connection string.
If you want SQL server Authentication then remove Integrated Security=SSPI; from the connection string.
Try with this connection string -
"Data Source=DR101; User Id = DR_DATA; Password = CD7504st; TransparentNetworkIPResolution=False"
I am trying to connect to SQL Server database from a .NET Core web application,
here is the connection string I am using:
Server =.; Database = DBNAME; User Id = tb; Password = pass; Trusted_Connection = True; MultipleActiveResultSets = True;.
The previous setup generates an exception:
An error occurred using the connection to database 'DBNAME' on server '.'.
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Error opening session for the user 'MyDomain\ServerMachineName$'.
I think it is trying to connect using another domain account that I don't even see in the list of database users under security tab, nor in the users of the server instance.
In the startup file, the related configuration is:
services.AddDbContext<MyDBContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("MyConnectionString")));
I tried adding different users with the required privileges to the SQL Server instance and to the particular DB, but none of these worked.
Questions:
Why is the system completely ignoring the connection string I am specifying?
Is there a work around to this?
What Trusted_Connection = True; means is ignore the passed in user id and password and instead use the windows credentials of the user running the program. As your program is likely running as a service the "user" it runs as is MyDomain\ServerMachineName$.
Setting trusted connection to false will have it use the userid and password provided in the connection string.
I have an c# app that tries to connect to a SQL Server that is in the same network but out of domain. I'm trying to use SqlConnection (I would prefer not use ODBC or ole db).
My code is the follow:
con.ConnectionString =
"Server=PCX\\SQL;"+
"Initial Catalog=BBDD_SinGuid;"+
"User id=\\\\PCX\\user;"+
"Password=passwordofuser;";
And I'm sure that the user and the password are correct and are allow to connect to the SQL Server. The error that throws is a fail in the login with the user \PCX\user.
I'm missing something?
you need to add trusted connectioon here..
Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=myServerName\theInstanceName;Database=myDataBase;
Trusted_Connection=yes;
for more information you check below link it's has lot's of suggestion may be you will get your answer.
http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2008/
i am making a simple c#.net winform application with a form1, which will connect to sql server.
i want that before establishing a connection to sql server , the application asks the user to enter the login name & password to connect.
for this what should i do:
take the login name & password in two text boxes & pass them the to the connection string
or
should i pass them to the app.config file & then use the string from app.config file in the form1.cs?
will this be ok with the security issues? if not, then what are the other ways of implementing this task?
I would do this:
use a SqlConnectionStringBuilder component
define things like server name, database name etc. from your app.config
that component also has two properties for user name and password - fill those from a dialog box where you prompt the user for this information
that SqlConnectionStringBuilder then gives you the proper connection string to use for connecting to your SQL Server
Update:
My suggestion would be to store the basic connection string like this:
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="MyConnStr"
connectionString="server=A9;database=MyDB;" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
Then load this "skeleton" connection string (which is incomplete - that alone won't work!) into your SqlConnectionStringBuilder:
string myConnStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MyConnStr"].ConnectionString;
SqlConnectionStringBuilder sqlcsb = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder(myConnStr);
Then grab the user name and password from the user in a dialog box and add those to the connection string builder:
sqlcsb.UserID = tbxUserName.Text.Trim();
sqlcsb.Password = tbxPassword.Text.Trim();
and then get the resulting, complete connection string from the SqlConnectionStringBuilder:
string completeConnStr = sqlcsb.ConnectionString;
using(SqlConnection _con = new SqlConnection(completeConnStr))
{
// do whatever you need to do here....
}
Pass the login to the connection string. app.Config is not a place to store user interaction.
Another way of implementing it might be to authenticate on the SQL server with Windows authentication. That way the local Windows user can have certain security privileges on the database and the user of the application would net necessarily have to enter any credentials.
What are the credentials used for? Are they used for establishing a connection with the database, or to access a user account entry and security privileges in the application?
For securing strings, use SecureString Class.
Sql authentication details is always kept seperate from application authentication details(There are exceptions...eg: ur making ur own version of sql server client)
Keep your database connection details in app.config.
It should Ideally contain one user with app level restrictions enabled.
The Login you speak about is an authentication module which exists in C#. eg: windows authentication,forms authentication etc.