Connect to MS SQL server

Run the SQL Server Browser

SQL Server Browser listens for incoming requests and provides information about Microsoft SQL Server instances on the computer. For more information about SQL Server Browser, see SQL Server Browser in the Microsoft documentation.

If the SQL Server Browser menu items are disabled, try to enable the SQL Server Agent service.

1. In the SQL Server Configuration Manager, click SQL Server Services.

2. In the right pane that lists server services, right-click SQL Server Browser and select Start.

   

Enable SQL Server Agent

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If the SQL Server Browser is running, you can skip this procedure.

SQL Server Agent is a Microsoft Windows service that executes scheduled administrative tasks. For more information about the service, see SQL Server Agent in the official Microsoft documentation. Ensure that SQL Server Agent is running and starts automatically. After the change, a restart might be required.

1. Navigate to Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services.

2. In the Services window, right-click SQL Server Agent(<server_name>) and select Properties. For this tutorial, <server_name> is MSSQLSERVER.

3. From the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Start.

   

Enable the TCP/IP connection

1. In the SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server Network Configuration and click Protocols for MSSQLSERVER, where MSSQLSERVER is a name of the Microsoft SQL Server instance.

2. In the list of protocol names, right-click TCP/IP and select Properties.

3. On the Protocol tab, from the Enabled list, select Yes.

4. On the IP Addresses tab, find the interface that your workstation uses and see the connection port. By default, the port is 1433. Verify that other running applications do not use the same port.

   

Create a user

1. In the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), navigate to Security | Logins.

2. Right-click the Logins root folder and select New Login.

3. On the General page, specify a login name in the Login name field.

4. Select authentication mode. You can select between the following authentication modes:

   • Windows authentication: to use your domain login and password.

   • SQL Server authentication: to use a custom login and password. If you select Enforce password security policy checkbox, the user must change the assigned password before connecting to Microsoft SQL Server with AppCode. Otherwise, clear the Enforce password security policy checkbox.

5. Click OK.

   

Configure user roles

1. Right-click the created user profile and select Properties.

2. On the Server Roles page, select the appropriate user role (for example, sysadmin).

   

Connect by using SQL Server authentication

1. In the Database tool window ( View | Tool Windows | Database), click the Data Source Properties icon . Alternatively, press ⌘ I.

2. In the Data Sources and Drivers dialog, click the Add icon () and select Microsoft SQL Server.

3. Click the Driver link and select Microsoft SQL Server (jTds).

4. Check if there is a Download missing driver files link at the bottom of the data source settings area. As you click this link, AppCode downloads drivers that are required to interact with a database. The IDE does not include bundled drivers in order to have a smaller size of the installation package and to keep driver versions up-to-date for each IDE version.

   You can specify your drivers for the data source if you do not want to download the provided drivers. For more information about creating a database connection with your driver, see Add a user driver to an existing connection.

5. In Host, Instance, and Port fields, specify your connection details. If the server name (in our case, DESKTOP) does not work, replace it with the server IP address.

6. From the Authentication list, select User & Password.

7. In User and Password fields, specify your credentials.

8. To ensure that the connection to the data source is successful, click the Test Connection link.

9. (Optional) If you are connecting to a data source that contains a lot of databases and schemas, in the Schemas tab, select the schemas that you need to work with.

10. Click OK to create the data source.

Connect by using Windows domain authentication

1. In the Database tool window ( View | Tool Windows | Database), click the Data Source Properties icon . Alternatively, press ⌘ I.

2. In the Data Sources and Drivers dialog, click the Add icon () and select Microsoft SQL Server.

3. Click the Driver link and select Microsoft SQL Server (jTds).

4. Check if there is a Download missing driver files link at the bottom of the data source settings area. As you click this link, AppCode downloads drivers that are required to interact with a database. The IDE does not include bundled drivers in order to have a smaller size of the installation package and to keep driver versions up-to-date for each IDE version.

   You can specify your drivers for the data source if you do not want to download the provided drivers. For more information about creating a database connection with your driver, see Add a user driver to an existing connection.

5. In Host, Instance, and Port fields, specify your connection details. If the server name (in our case, DESKTOP) does not work, replace it with the server IP address.

6. From the Authentication list, select Domain credentials.

7. In the Domain field, specify the domain (for example, DEVELOPMENT).

8. In User and Password fields, specify your domain credentials. In the User field, type your domain user without the domain prefix (for example, John.Smith instead of DOMAIN\John.Smith).

   Alternatively, on the General tab, specify the connection string. Consider the following example of a full connection string:

   jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://DESKTOP:1433;domain=DEVELOPMENT;instance=MSSQLSERVER;databaseName=guest;

9. To ensure that the connection to the data source is successful, click the Test Connection link.

10. (Optional) If you are connecting to a data source that contains a lot of databases and schemas, in the Schemas tab, select the schemas that you need to work with.

11. Click OK to create the data source.