[AccessD] Connecting to SQL using Data Properties

David McAfee davidmcafee at gmail.com
Tue Nov 22 14:57:24 CST 2011


Do you have access to SQL Server management studio to see if your login
behaves the same there?

Could your login be attached to a role that is denied access to the
database in question?

It does sound like permissions to me.

D

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:35 PM, David Emerson <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz>wrote:

> I have an ADP in Access which I put on a Client's network then link to
> their server using the Data Link Properties:
>
> If I log in using another user's login I can see all the databases in the
> "Select the Database on the Server" dropdown and connect to the database I
> want.
>
> On a profile that has been set up for me all I see in the "Select the
> Database on the Server" dropdown is master, model, msdb and tempdb.  I do
> not see any of the other databases on the server.  I can link to these and
> the Test Connection is successful.  However the database I want is not one
> of these.
>
> My initial thought is that I don't have permissions in SQL Server.  I
> checked for the database I want and I have even set all database role
> memberships except denydatareader and denydatawriter in User Mapping.  In
> the Server Rolls screen I have ticked all rolls.  Status shows I have
> permission to connect granted and login enabled.  Still the database
> doesn't appear in the "Select the Database on the Server" dropdown.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Regards
>
> David Emerson
> Dalyn Software Ltd
> Wellington, New Zealand
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