{"id":2175,"date":"2020-06-09T18:36:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T10:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2175"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:56:57","slug":"microsoft-ole-db-error-80040e4d","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/microsoft-ole-db-error-80040e4d","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880040e4d\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880040e4d\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Error Message:<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/connect\/oledb\/oledb-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver17\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft OLE DB Provider<\/a> for SQL Server error \u201880040e4d\u2019<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Login failed for user \u2018databaseuser\u2019.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\/test.asp, line 6<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nCause:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>1. You have connected to a wrong MSSQL server<br \/>\n2. Besides, the database username and password might be invalid<b><br \/>\nSolutions:<br \/>\n<\/b>1. Make sure that the database connection is well defined with the correct MSSQL host, port (if required, else optional), Database username and password<\/div>\n<div><b><br \/>\nAdditional Information:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>1. If you are Windows 2003 hosting client, you may double check on your database information through :a. Firstly,\u00a0 Login into HELM control panel<\/p>\n<p>b. Go to \u201cDomains\u201d &gt;&gt; select the domain name &gt;&gt; \u201cDatabase Manager\u201d<\/p>\n<p>c. Next, Click on the database name from the list<\/p>\n<p>d. Refer \u201cConnection Information\u201d for MSSQL Server Host, and listed the database user under the \u201cDatabase Users\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>e. Lastly, You may manage the database user by click on the database user name or click on Add New to setup a new database user<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2. If you are a Windows 2000 hosting client, please contact our System Engineer for more details as the domain hosted on the Windows 2000 server has been migrated to the Windows 2003 site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you found this guide useful during the setup of your additional address. Please share it with other users going through the same process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please refer to the following article to know more.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Knowledge Base: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/connect-to-ms-sql-server-database\/\">Connect to MS SQL Server Database<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880040e4d\u2019 Error Message: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880040e4d\u2019 Login failed for user \u2018databaseuser\u2019. \/test.asp, line 6 Cause: 1. You have connected to a wrong MSSQL server 2. Besides, the database username and password might be invalid Solutions: 1. Make sure that the database connection is well defined with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[52],"kbtag":[1300,1298],"class_list":["post-2175","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-microsoft-sql","kbtag-microsoft-ole-db","kbtag-sql-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4532,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2175\/revisions\/4532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}