{"id":2177,"date":"2020-06-09T19:14:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T11:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2177"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:47:02","slug":"microsoft-ole-db-provider-for-sql-server-error-80004005","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/microsoft-ole-db-provider-for-sql-server-error-80004005","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880004005\u2019: Complete solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880004005\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Error Message:<\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/connect\/oledb\/download-oledb-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver17\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OLE DB<\/a> Provider for SQL Server error \u201880004005\u2019<br \/>\n[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.<br \/>\n\/test.asp, line 6<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div><b><br \/>\nCause:<\/b>1. You have connected to a wrong MSSQL server2. Your database username and password might be incorrect.<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.<b><br \/>\nAdditional Information:<\/b>1. If you are Windows 2003 hosting client, you may double check on your database information by :a.\u00a0 Firstly, Login into HELM control panelb. Go to \u201cDomains\u201d &gt;&gt; select the domain name &gt;&gt; \u201cDatabase Manager\u201dc. After That, Click on the database name from the list.<\/p>\n<p>d. Refer \u201cConnection Information\u201d for MSSQL Server Host, database user is listed under the\u201dDatabase Users\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>e. Then, You may manage the database user by click on the database user name or click on \u201cAdd New\u201d to setup a new database user.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2. If you are Windows 2000 hosting client, please contact our System Engineer for further information as domain hosted on Windows 2000 server has been migrated to Windows 2003 server.<\/p>\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\/can-i-connect-to-ms-sql-2005-database-server-using-ms-sql-2000-enterprise-manager\/\">Can I connect to MS SQL 2005 database server using MS SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880004005\u2019 Error Message: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error \u201880004005\u2019 [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied. \/test.asp, line 6 Cause:1. You have connected to a wrong MSSQL server2. Your database username and password might be incorrect. Solutions: 1. Make sure that the database connection is well defined&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[52],"kbtag":[1297,1298],"class_list":["post-2177","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-microsoft-sql","kbtag-microsoft-ole-db-provider","kbtag-sql-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2177","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=2177"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6374,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/2177\/revisions\/6374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=2177"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=2177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}