Question

I have a simple file that tries to connect to a database-

<%
Set RSDiscounts = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
RSDiscounts.ActiveConnection = "Data Source=serverName;Initial Catalog=dbName.dbo;Integrated Security=True"
%>

When I run it, I get-

 error '80040e21'
 /filename.asp, line 3

Searching for the error code doesn’t help. My best guess is that something is specified in the connection string that shouldn’t be there. But I used Visual Studio to create the string, and that connects to the database fine.

Is there any way I can figure out what’s wrong? This seems like it’s impossible to debug.

Answer 1

I think the problem is with your connection string – the string you have there is for ADO.Net but I don’t believe that will work with ADODB.

Try a connection string like this:

Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=myServerName\theInstanceName;Database=myDataBase; Trusted_Connection=Yes

Or this is a connection string from one of my old projects with ADODB (from asp classic)

Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Initial Catalog=databaseName;Data Source=serverName;Trusted Connection=Yes

That may not be 100% right, but you can find more details of all the connection strings you could want at the excellent ConnectionStrings.com.