Help - Simple DataGrid Problem in Vis. Studio 2003

Hi,
As a relative newbie to SQL Server/ASP.NET I'm hoping someone here
can help with my problem. I'm developing a timesheet application in
ASP.NET C# using Visual Studio 2003 with a database built in MSDE.
One of my forms needs to return a simple list of resources from my
database. I have followed the guide on the MSDN libraries, but for
some reason I continuously get the same error message.
What I've done so far is Create the database, tables, and populate
with some sample data using using Server Explorer in Visual Studio. I
have
connected to the database (using integrated security) and I am
trying to get the contents of the Resource table to appear on my
form. I have then created a DataAdapter (tested the connection, set
the SQL as a simple SELECT * from Resource, etc), which also generates
an sqlConnection for me. To test this I have previewed the generated
data, and it returns what I want, so I
have chosen to generate a DataSet of this. I am then trying to get
this data into a simple DataGrid. On the properties of the DataGrid
I have changed the DataSource to point at my Dataset. As I
understand it, I then have to add the following to my Page Load
section of my code.
sqlConnection1.Open();
this.sqlDataAdapter1.Fill(this.dsResource);
sqlConnection1.Close();
The form builds fine, but when I browse to the particular form I get
the following error for the sqlConnection1.Open(); line
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open
database requested in login 'SCMS'. Login fails. Login failed for
user 'AL-NOTEPAD\ASPNET'.
To me this is an error with my connection string. My database
instance is actually 'AL-NOTEPAD\VSDOTNET'. However the properties
for sqlConnection1 are pointing to the correct datasource. I do not
know why the application is looking for user 'AL-NOTEPAD\ASPNET'. It
does not exist, to my knowledge.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, as I get the same
error with my code for forms-based login...
Thanks in advance..thebison (alex.sinclair3@.btinternet.com) writes:
> The form builds fine, but when I browse to the particular form I get
> the following error for the sqlConnection1.Open(); line
> Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open
> database requested in login 'SCMS'. Login fails. Login failed for
> user 'AL-NOTEPAD\ASPNET'.
> To me this is an error with my connection string. My database
> instance is actually 'AL-NOTEPAD\VSDOTNET'. However the properties
> for sqlConnection1 are pointing to the correct datasource. I do not
> know why the application is looking for user 'AL-NOTEPAD\ASPNET'. It
> does not exist, to my knowledge.
I guess that's why the login fails. :-)
I believe this has to do with that IIS runs the in a context of a pre-
defined user, and IIS the tries to log in with integrated security,
but the ASPNET user have not been granted access to the database.
But you are probably better off asking in a newsgroup about ASP .Net.
At least I know very little about ASP .Net.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
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