Hi, This seems like intermittent sql login failure. Can you confirm that it never happens through OSQL command?
There is discussion about similar issue here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/archive/2005/10/22/483684.aspx There are some trouble shooting that might be of help to you. Hope it helps.
"matto" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > We have a small office with two laptops running Business Contact Manager > 2007. My laptop is set as the 'server', and our other staff member has his > BCM set to share the database. Approximately 50% of the time he attempts to > connect to the shared database (switching from Offline to Online in his BCM), > he sees an error: > > Business Contact Manager is unable to connect to the shared database > > We have thoroughly investigated network connectivity and can find no issues > that would cause this. Ping shows the computers can see each other on the > network ok. He has full administrator access to my computer. Using the OSQL > tool from the command prompt, we can go in manually on his computer and > connect to the shared database on my computer with no problem. Even though > there is no noticeable reason why BCM should not be connecting, it will > produce the 'unable to connect' error quite frequently. > > We looked at the MSSQL error log on his computer, and we find the following > entry whenever the BCM connectivity error occurs: > > Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 16. > Logon Login failed for user '<user name>'. > > Can someone from Microsoft or others with SQL knowledge please instruct us > how to resolve this issue with BCM. Thank you. >
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