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 Problems changing data source for excel queries

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Bex
Aged Yak Warrior

580 Posts

Posted - 2005-12-13 : 11:36:05
Hello all

I have an excel spreadsheet template that connects to sql server on the LAN. Recently, the location of the database has been changed to reside on a server in a datacentre. I can connect to the server through query analyzer using windows authentication. However, when I try to connect to the server through the spreadsheet, I get the following error:

connection failed. SQLState:'01000'. SQL server Error:53
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]
ConnectionOpen(Connect()).Connection failed:
SQLState:'08001'. SQL Server Error:17. SQL Server does not
exist or access denied.

I can see the server on the network, and it cannot be a permissions issue as I cannot connect using the sa and pwd either. Does anyone have any resolutions to this?

Thanks in advance

Hearty head pats

Srinika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1378 Posts

Posted - 2005-12-13 : 15:11:14
Did u check the ODBC connection?
If unsure delete & create the connection again and use that to connect to the DB by Excel.

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