try using an .sde - file from arccatalog rather than reentering the
parameters by hand ...
you should find your .sde - file in
c:\documents and settings\%user_name%\application data\esri\arccatalog
just point to that file in your workbench when setting up the destination
dataset
Jeff
On 7/26/07, dj_skywalker69 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Jeff,
> thanks for your response. I'm trying to make a new destination data
> set. When i created it, it now shows up in the browser, but when i
> run my translation, i get the following error:
>
> "Could not open the Enterprise Geodatabase. Please check that the
> connection parameters specified are correct. The error number from
> ArcObjects is: '-2147216118'. The error message from ArcObjects is:
> {Bad login user}.
> A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details."
>
> I'm using the same connection properties i use in my ArcCatalog
> connection string yet it continues to give me lip =)
>
> it's probably one little thing that i'm missing, it works writing out
> to shape, just not to SDE.
>
> Thanks again
> - Luke
>
> --- In [email protected] <fme%40yahoogroups.com>, "Jeff Konnen"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi dj skywalker,
> > why do you have to wait 30 mins?
> >
> > You should see if you can connect at the moment you define your
> reader or
> > writer.
> >
> > If this does not help you, please try to explain a bit more what your
> > problem is ...
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On 7/25/07, dj_skywalker69 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > > I'm pretty new to FME & i'm having problems connecting to my SDE
> > > database, however, i'm kind of getting tired of waiting 30 minutes to
> > > get the same error every time.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know a simple way to test a connection to make sure i'm
> > > getting in to the database?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Konnen
> > INSER SA
> > Switzerland
> > +41 (0) 21 643 77 11
> >
>
>
>
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