thanks Matt

I'll mess around with this later, will just use my 1.3 instance for
the moment until i have more time resolve the issue.

last effort for the moment  - tried ODBC (and now get the error in the
admin)

Could not verify datasource: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Invalid
string or buffer length

if i put the wrong password in i get the right error - so it is
reaching the server!

Oh well will get back to it later.


On Feb 15, 3:52 pm, Matthew Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Elliot <[email protected]> wrote:
> > All listed instances on the same machine (where SQL Server is running)
> > - each bound to a different listening port (so they can function at
> > the same time).
>
> OK, but I was asking if the working instance of OpenBD and the non-working
> instance of OpenBD are running on the exact same Vista machine with the
> exact same settings (firewall, AV software, etc. etc.) since if that isn't
> the same it might indicate why one can connect and another can't.
>
> Have you tried telneting from the box in question to port 1433 on the SQL
> Server? If the datasource verifies chances are there aren't any connectivity
> issues but I always go back to basics to troubleshoot.
>
> I never used named instances on SQL Server, and IIRC there was a SQL Server
> driver update between OpenBD 1.3 and 1.4, so maybe there's some difference
> in how named instances are addressed?
>
> Have you tried using the "Other" datasource type and using the appropriate
> JDBC URL to connect to the SQL Server instance as an experiment to see if
> that works?
>
> I've also seen cases where if you created the datasource and then edit it
> later, if there are open connections the datasource doesn't get updated
> until you restart OpenBD. Have you tried creating a brand new from scratch
> datasource? (Maybe that's where you started, just another thing that came to
> mind.)
>
>
>
> > Are there any other cahanges to the jetty/openbd config required (i
> > changed the port from 8888, to 8884). The admin runs and identifies
> > correct instance.
>
> There shouldn't be any changes *required* to the ready2run version to get
> this working, no.
>
> Unfortunately I don't really have an easy way to test named instances in SQL
> Server but if it comes to that I can fire up a Windows VM, install SQL
> Server, replicate your setup, and see where I get.
>
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