Database Connection in VB.NET Windows Forms

Question

I have a problem with connecting to a server which is another machine. When I try connecting to my machine with the following code, it works fine:

'connString = "Data Source = .\sqlexpress;" & _  
'"Initial Catalog = one;" & _  
'"Integrated Security = SSPI"  

Try  
  conn = New SqlConnection(connString)  
  conn.Open()  
  MessageBox.Show("Connection Successful")  
Catch ex As Exception  
  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)  
End Try

But when I try to get connected to another machine where SQL Server 2000 is installed, I get a timeout message. The code is as follows:

connString = "Server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;" & _  
    "Initial Catalog = one;User Id=xxxx; Password=xxxxx;" & _  
    "Integrated Security = SSPI"  

    Try  
      conn = New SqlConnection(connString)  
      conn.Open()  
      MessageBox.Show("Connection Successful")  
    Catch ex As Exception  
      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)  
    End Try

Can anyone please help me on this issue?

You supply two different log on type with SSPI and User Id/Password, but I guess this would cause an exception to be thrown. Can you ping the server? — GôTô
– GôTô, Commented Oct 7, 2010 at 9:28
Can no one edit this question so that the code appears correctly? — m.edmondson
– m.edmondson, Commented Oct 7, 2010 at 15:57
Can you connect to SQL Server using another tool, management studio, from your machine? Or try using the Visual Studio Server Explorer to connect to the SQL Server database and see the result. — sh_kamalh
– sh_kamalh, Commented Oct 7, 2010 at 16:06

dandan78 · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-24 12:00:14Z

1

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Public Class Supplier
    Dim scon As New SqlConnection

//you write your code in load event

Private Sub Supplier_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        scon = New SqlConnection("your connection string")
        scon.Open()
    End Sub


Endclass

edited Mar 24, 2011 at 12:00

dandan78

14.1k13 gold badges68 silver badges82 bronze badges

answered Mar 24, 2011 at 11:42

vijay pawar

111 bronze badge

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Anuraj · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-24 11:52:53Z

0

It will be great help if you can provide more information like exception stack trace / code will be helpful. Also make sure you are able to connect to the remote server with SQL Management Studio. Also if you are using SQL Authentication in the connection string, you don't require to provide "Integrated Security = SSPI". and vice versa.

answered Mar 24, 2011 at 11:52

Anuraj

19.6k7 gold badges61 silver badges84 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Database Connection in VB.NET Windows Forms

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related