Question

My application is working correctlywhen I debug it against my sql express.
Now i have deployed on IIS on another machine with win2008 web server and changed the database connection string.

I would like that the application uses always the same user to connect to the database and not to use the identity of the connected user.

the error I get is

Error: Cannot open database "XXXXXX" requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'

how can i achieve this?

Answer 1

without knowing what your current connection string is, have a look at this site for some guidance into various connection string settings: http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2008. It’s as simple as setting up a sql account in the database itself and then using that username/password in the connection string like this:

Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;