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Topic: mySQL error: Invalid connection string

Posted By: venki
Subject: mySQL error: Invalid connection string
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 5:38pm

I have (finally) install mySQL 5.0.21 server and ODBC 3.51.12, created new database, run file mySQL_server_setup.asp and created tables successfully, but when I start forum I get this error:

Server Error in Forum Application
An error has occured while connecting to the database.
Please contact the forum administrator.

Support Error Code:- err_SQLServer_db_connection
File Name:- common.asp

Error details:-
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
Invalid connection string attribute

As I can�t read line where this error is, I need help!

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 01 June 2006 at 10:50pm

This is a problem connecting to the database.

The problem looks like you have entered the incorrect connection details into the database connection file.

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Posted By: venki
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 3:16pm

I have found out why I got error, it seems that the wrong SQL database was selected, instead of mySQL it was set to SQLserver... Don�t know how this occurred as I have downloaded mySQL version...

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 June 2006 at 4:41pm

I have just checked and the mySQL version is correctly set to mySQL as the database type.

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