PRB: ODBC Error 01000 (-1): ConnectionOpen (sopen())

ID: Q115995

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b
Microsoft FoxPro Connectivity Kit, version 2.5

SYMPTOMS

When you are trying to connect to an SQL Server machine with a DBConnect() function, you receive the following error message from DBError():

   ODBC error 01000 (-1): [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][dbnmp3]
   ConnectionOpen (sopen()).

RESOLUTION

The error is caused by an incorrect server name in the ODBC Driver Manager's Setup application in the Control Panel.

MORE INFORMATION

The following steps and code reproduce the problem using an SQL Server:

1. In the Control Panel, open the ODBC Driver Manager and set up a SQL Data

   Source with the following information:

      Data Source Name: test
      Description: test
      Server: WRONG_SRV

   NOTE: WRONG_SRV is a nonexistent server name; if the correct server name
   appears in the ODBC Driver Manager's Setup for the driver, the example
   below will return a valid connection.

   The server name will vary depending upon the network and the actual name
   that the server's administrator has given the server. For more
   information about setting up the correct server name for the network in
   use, choose the Help button and look under the section for "Server."

2. Type in the following program and run it:

      SET LIBRARY TO SYS(2004)+"fpsql.fll"
      PUBLIC errval
      PUBLIC errmsg
      PUBLIC handle

      errval=0
      errmsg=' '
      sourcename= 'test      '  && This is the source name specified
                                && in the ODBC Driver Manager.

      user= 'sa'                && This is your user ID for SQL
                                && Server.

      passwd=''                 && Password for the user ID on the
                                && line above.

      ********CONNECT

      handle=DBConnect(sourcename,user,passwd)
      IF handle > 0
         WAIT WINDOW 'Successfully Connected' nowait
      ELSE
         error=DBError(0,@errmsg,@errval)
         WAIT WINDOW STR(error)+' '+STR(errval)+' '+errmsg
      ENDIF

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Last Reviewed: June 27, 1995