The connection string seems ok but:
- check user and password
- leave out the port (1433 is the default)
- if yo are using the Express version add the instance name e.g.
POPE\\SQLEXPRESS/xPAC
On Aug 31, 2:25 pm, patrick moon <pmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using the doc suggested connection string:
>
> db = DAL('mssql://shxxx:shaxxx@POPE:1433/xPAC')
>
> and this is the error I'm getting:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "gluon/restricted.py", line 192, in restricted
> File "C:/_dev/temp/web2py/applications/welcome/models/db.py", line
> 18, in <module>
> File "gluon/dal.py", line 3981, in __init__
> RuntimeError: Failure to connect, tried 5 times:
> 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'connect'
>
> Appreciate any help....
