"Bad Public User Name Or Password. SQL Server Error: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen(Connect()).]SQL Server Does Not Exist Or Access Denied" When Connecting P6 to a Microsoft SQL Server Database

(Doc ID 898679.1)

Last updated on MAY 21, 2018

Applies to:

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management - Version 5.0 and later
Primavera Contractor - Version 5.0 and later
Primavera P6 Professional Project Management - Version 5.0 and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

When connecting Project Management to a MS SQL Database, one of the following exceptions occur:

Bad public user Name or password. SQL Server Error: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen(Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.;
Bad public user Name or password. SQL Server Error: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen(Connect())];SQL Server does not exist or access denied.;
Bad public user name or password. Database Server Error: Login failed for user 'pubuser'.;

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Cause

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