[AccessD] Further to "can's see SQL Server database...

Mark Breen marklbreen at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 04:56:20 CST 2011


Hello John,

Charlotte's diagnose sounds quite correct.

One thing to watch, the db might be showing a user named jcolby that was
created from machine A

When you move it to machine b, you may also have a user named jcolby, but it
not the same user.  Trying to assign jcolby to the db on machine  b failed
because it says the user already exists.

The solution is to drop the user from the db, when you are on machine b,
then re-assign jcolby, and it works perfect.

If you back machine b and restore to machine a, you will probably have to do
the same thing.

just a note to watch out for,

Mark



On 9 January 2011 05:36, Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com> wrote:

> You don't have permissions on the database.  You can see that it
> exists, but that's all.  As the SA from a machine that has full
> access, probably the server, you need to grant appropriate permissions
> to you role or Windows login or whatever you're using to open the
> database.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:06 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
> wrote:
> > I went back in with MSE and looked at that server.  While I can see the
> > databases of interest, if I click on them and try to see the tables
> inside,
> > I get an error "the database DISCO is not available" and the plus symbol
> in
> > front of the database disappears.
> >
> > So I can see that the db exists but not actually access it (from my
> > workstation).
> >
> > I can see and open the database from MSE on the server itself.
> >
> > Is this an ownership / rights kind of issue?  I am not getting an actual
> > error number from my workstation, just an "not available" generic kind of
> > message.
> >
> > If it is ownership / rights, how do I go about discovering how to fix it?
> >
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