SAS - CLI error trying to establish connection

Issue:

User asked me to make a database connectivity to SQL Server. They provided following details

• SQL server hostname and ip address
• Database/DSN name
• Username
• Password

I made entry in ODBC.ini file. You know, SQL Server entries were made in ODBC.ini and Oracle entries were made in TNS.ora file. Everything went fine, took back up of odbc.ini, made entry and saved the file. So to test this connection I ran the libname statement in SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1. It throwed following error.

Error Message:

My DB team showed that they are able to login

 

14 GOPTIONS ACCESSIBLE;

15 LIBNAME test ODBC DATASRC=SGE_DS SCHEMA=VST USER=sales PASSWORD=XXXXXXXXX;

ERROR: CLI error trying to establish connection: [SAS/ACCESS to SQL Server][ODBC SQL Server Legacy Driver][SQL Server]Login failed for user 'sales'.

Solution:

First I suspected that Login failed for user 'sales' meant the password provided by DB team was wrong. They responded that they were able to login with same the user id and password that they provided to us. Also, they gave as a hint to check whether the driver is installed properly.

After verifying with previous working entry, I found that I have give wrong driver path in odbc.ini file. After modifying the entry, the library assigned successfully.

Sample ODBC entry in odbc.ini file

[SALES]
Driver=/datbase/sqlserver/DDODBC/lib/S0msss26.so
Description=DataDirect 7.1 SQL Server Wire Protocol
Address=267.222.111.555,2343
AnsiNPW=Yes
Database=SALES
Username=
Password=
QuotedId=No
EnableProcessLicensing=1

Sample Libname statement:

LIBNAME test SQLSVR datasrc=SALES USER=farustrix  PASSWORD='1234' ;