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Asked: 2026-06-15T19:29:04+00:00

I’m trying to setup a connection between ASP Classic and SQL Server 2008 Express

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I’m trying to setup a connection between ASP Classic and SQL Server 2008 Express on a Windows 7 local environment. Today has been my first attempt ever at this, and I have spent hours and hours researching to no avail. The best I can do is get a failed login.

Here’s the connection string (one of many tried):

Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=mycompname\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=theDBName;Integrated Security=SSPI

The error:

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error ‘80004005’

Cannot open database “theDBName” requested by the login. The login
failed.

What I want:

Just anything that will connect a database to my ASP Classic page (I normally work in LAMP)! This is not for a live site, so for the time being, that’s my only consideration. Just getting it done. 🙁

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’ve specified Integrated Security=SSPI, which means that the user owning the process making the connection must be allowed access to the database. That means that the web service must have access. Have you done that?

    It might be easier if you create a named user, give it a password, and use that in your connection string.

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