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Asked: 2026-05-11T22:02:13+00:00

(no responses from my identical post on the MySQL forums, so I’m hoping to

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(no responses from my identical post on the MySQL forums, so I’m hoping to have better luck here)

I’m trying to migrate a MS SQL database for a friend. I do not have physical access to the machine, nor do I have admin access — just a read/write user.

Using “SQL Server Management Express” in XP, I can easily login using IP/user/password. I can browse tables, run queries. Easy.

When I fire up the Migration toolkit, select MS SQL, and try to connect, I get the following error:

—- Connecting to source database and retrieve schemata names. Initializing
JDBC driver … Driver class MS SQL
JDBC Driver Opening connection …
Connection
jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://MYSERVERIP:1433/MYDATABASE;user=MYUSERNAME;password=MYPASSWORD;charset=utf-8;domain=
The list of schema names could not be
retrieved (error: 0).
ReverseEngineeringMssql.getSchemata
:Login failed for user ‘MYUSERNAME’.
Details:
net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SQLDiagnostic.addDiagnostic(SQLDiagnostic.java:365)
net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.tdsErrorToken(TdsCore.java:2781)
net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2224)
net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:599)
net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:331)
net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:178)
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown
Source)
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown
Source)
com.mysql.grt.modules.ReverseEngineeringGeneric.establishConnection(ReverseEngineeringGeneric.java:141)
com.mysql.grt.modules.ReverseEngineeringMssql.getSchemata(ReverseEngineeringMssql.java:99)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
Method)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown
Source)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown
Source)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown
Source)
com.mysql.grt.Grt.callModuleFunction(Unknown
Source)

Any ideas? I’ve triple-checked the login details, no dice. Am I missing a driver? Is the server setup weird? No idea where to go from here.

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE:
I downloaded and ran dbVisualizer (which also uses JDBC) and connected fine using the same SQL auth info…this tells me it’s not the server, and there’s no fancy MSFT stuff going on.

Still have no idea what to do next, though…

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  1. Editorial Team

    I see, there is a blog with almost the same error description

    http://house9.blogspot.com/2007/12/mysql-migration-toolkit.html

    Also, in order to run the tool you need access rights

    master INFORMATION_SCHEMA

    I would suggest executing a query (this should be done by your admin)

    use [master]
GO
GRANT SELECT ON SCHEMA::[INFORMATION_SCHEMA] TO [MYUSERNAME]
GO
use [master]
GO
GRANT VIEW DEFINITION ON SCHEMA::[INFORMATION_SCHEMA] TO [MYUSERNAME]
GO

    Finally, if you granted these rights, but you have the same error, then ask your system administrator to run SQL Profiler, then run your tool and see what queries it tries to execute and what SQL or security exceptions happen there (if any)

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