Question

I am developing an ASP.Net website. I have to execute a query which fetches data from two different database.

I have two SqlConnection objects for these connections.

I have both the connections open. But in SqlCommand object, I can specify just one SqlConnection object.

     SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=xxx;Initial Catalog=xxx1;User ID=web_writeonly;Password=aaa;Network Library=DBMSSOCN");
     SqlConnection conn1 = new SqlConnection("Data Source=xxx;Initial Catalog=xxx2;User ID=randomUser;Password=bbb;Network Library=DBMSSOCN");

       conn.open();

       conn1.open();

       SqlCommand cmdUserInfo = new SqlCommand("<query goes here>", conn);
    cmdUserInfo.Parameters.Add("@ifa", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = ifacode;
    SqlDataAdapter sdaUserInfo = new SqlDataAdapter(cmdUserInfo);
    sdaUserInfo.Fill(dtSummaryTbl);

    conn.Close();
    conn1.Close();

When I execute this code snippet, I get an error “The SELECT permission was denied on the object ‘*‘, database ‘xxx2’, schema ‘dbo’.”

Please help me out in sorting this problem.

Thanks!

Answer 1

That error means that you don’t have sufficient permissions… check what sql login your website is associated with and then the permissions on the table you’re trying to select data from.

Also, on closer inspection, one of your usernames is “web_writeonly“… kind of a hint if you’re trying to do a select!!! 😉