Article ID: 219079 - Last Review: October 1, 2001 - Revision: 1.0

FP2000: Error Message: "The server encountered an error while processing the database request"

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SYMPTOMS

When you verify the connection to a database that uses DSN (Data Source Name), the following error message appears:

The server encountered an error while processing the database request. For more information, click Details.

If you click the Details button, you see the following:

Server error: Unable to connect to a database from the web server using the connection string 'DSN=database1 ;DRIVER={SQL Server}'.

The following error message comes from the database driver software; it may appear in a different language depending on how the driver is configured.
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[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login failed- User: Reason: Not defined as a valid user of a trusted SQL Server connection.

Source: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers Number: -2147217843 (0x80040e4d)

NOTE: The text of the error message may vary, depending upon the specific database and user information.

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CAUSE

In FrontPage, after you create a database connection using a system DSN, the user name and password are not automatically populated.

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If you specified a user name and password, your user name and password are incorrect.

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