I’m new to Android, and Java altogether for that matter and I’m having a heck of a time trying to connect my Android app to SQL Server 2005. I’m aware that the preferred way of dealing with data is via the consumption of a web service, but for my purposes I’m opting to connect via a direct SQL Connection. That said, I added the JDBC4 jar file to my project, and ensured that port 1433 was open on my sql server (I tested this using a windows desktop app as well as a windows mobile app I had handy), but for the life of me can’t seem to get my android app to connect do to a permissions denied error:
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The TCP/IP connection to the host
10.0.0.217, port 1433 has failed. Error: "Permission denied. Verify the connection
properties. Make sure that an instance of SQL Server is running on the host and
accepting TCP/IP connections at the port. Make sure that TCP connections to the
port are not blocked by a firewall.".
I’m using my sa username/password, which again I tested on a different platform, so I know conceptually at least, it should work. The following is the connection code I have in Eclipse:
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlserver://10.0.0.217;databaseName=star","sa","MyPassword");
Based on what I’ve been reading, everyone’s solution was to add 1433 to their SQL configuration, but mine already is, and I also ensured the IP address was enabled. I’m at a loss but hoping that someone had a similar issue that turned up a solution.
Any help would be great. Thank you.
Do you have that line in your android manifest file?