I had big problems with the connection to a mssql server.

My working connection string is this:

mssql://DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=HOST\DATABASE,PORT;UID=USER;PWD=PASSWORD


On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:16:58 PM UTC+2, Tim Richardson wrote:
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>>> b = SQLDB('mssql://username:password@localhost:portnumber/databaseNAME')
>>>  
>>> Can someone give me a some examples or link to any information where I 
>>> can see how a simple program connects to a SQL SERVER DB and selects a few 
>>> records from a table and displays them...
>>>  
>>> I have been researching to find examples, but I have not found anything 
>>> specific to my problem,
>>>  
>>>
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> this is how I access a local server. The machine is server-win2003.
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> db = DAL('mssql://*user*:*pass*@server-win2003\hcnsql07/vcidat') 
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> In this case, the SQL Server has an instance name of hcnsql07
> and the database is vcidat
> Probably that part of the connection string is the trickiest (the server 
> name and instance). I use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to connect 
> to the database to prove to myself that  I know exactly the name of the 
> server. In case you didn't know, there are free "Express" editions of 
> Management Studio for download.
>

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