SqlServer: Login failed for user

I've written a very simple JDBC login test program. And after all kinds of problems I've almost got it working. Almost, just can't seem to get past this "SQLServerException: Login failed for user xxxxx" problem.

I created a simple database PersonInfo then I created user user1 password1 (SQL authentication). And after trying everything was unable to connect to the database.

I am using SqlServer2008 on Win 7, I've got the latest JDBC driver from Microsoft.

My code is:

import java.sql.*;

public class hell {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    try {
        Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver").newInstance();
Connection conn=  DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=PersonInfo;user=Sohaib;password=0000;");


System.out.println("connected");
       }

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}
}

Here's the Exception

Exception: Unable to get connect
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user 'Sohaib'.
and all other supporting errors.

Unfortunately, I am now dead in the water until some kind SqlServer Guru or Jdbc Guru takes pity on me and helps me out.

thanks in advance.

Solution 1:

Is your SQL Server in 'mixed mode authentication' ? This is necessary to login with a SQL server account instead of a Windows login.

You can verify this by checking the properties of the server and then SECURITY, it should be in 'SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode'

This problem occurs if the user tries to log in with credentials that cannot be validated. This problem can occur in the following scenarios:

Scenario 1: The login may be a SQL Server login but the server only accepts Windows Authentication.

Scenario 2: You are trying to connect by using SQL Server Authentication but the login used does not exist on SQL Server.

Scenario 3: The login may use Windows Authentication but the login is an unrecognized Windows principal. An unrecognized Windows principal means that Windows can't verify the login. This might be because the Windows login is from an untrusted domain.

It's also possible the user put in incorrect information.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555332

Solution 2:

In my case, I had to activate the option "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode", follow all steps below:

1 - Right-click on your server enter image description here

2 - Go to option Security

3 - Check the option "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode"

4 - Click on the Ok button enter image description here

5 - Restart your SQL Express Service ("Windows Key" on the keyboard and write "Services", and then Enter key) enter image description here

After that, I could log in with user and password

Solution 3:

I ran into the same issue, and I fixed it by adding my windows username to SQL and then to my server, here is how I did:

First, create a new login with your Windows username: enter image description here

Click Search, then type your name in the box and click check names. enter image description here

Then add your that user to the server:

Right click on the Server > Permissions > Search > Browse > Select your user (You will notice that now the user you created is available in the list)

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I hope it helps ;-)

Solution 4:

I got the same error message when trying to connect to my SQL DB in Azure (using sql-cli). The simple solution was to escape the password with single quotes like this:

mssql -s server.database.windows.net -u user@server -p 'your_password' -d your_db -e

Solution 5:

We got this error when reusing the ConnectionString from EntityFramework connection. We have Username and Password in the connection string but didn't specify "Persist Security Info=True". Thus, the credentials were removed from the connection string after establishing the connection (so we reused an incomplete connection string). Of course, we always have to think twice when using this setting, but in this particular case, it was ok.