DB hostname, username, password etc

[MackTheKnife]

I'm trying to get into an installation of v.6.5 to use with another
server and I need the following information:

Database hostname
Database name
Database usernane
Database password

Is this information available anyplace within the installation files?
I'm not asked for uname and pwd to get into the database.

Thanks!

[Erland Sommarskog]

Re: DB hostname, username, password etc

MackTheKnife (wgblackmon@yah oo.com) writes:

I'm trying to get into an installation of v.6.5 to use with another
server and I need the following information:
>
Database hostname
Database name
Database usernane
Database password
>
Is this information available anyplace within the installation files?
I'm not asked for uname and pwd to get into the database.

You do mean SQL Server 6.5, don't you?

The database does not have a hostname, and I don't really understand what
you mean with "database hostname". Exactly where do you need it?

The database does of course have name, but what installation files do you
mean? The install for SQL 6.5? But the install cannot know which databases
you will create. Or are you talking about the installation files for a
third-party product?

You need a username in the database, or more exactly your server login must
map to a database user. Once you are in the server, you don't need a
password for the database.



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