How to connect to sql server 2000 (asp.net)

hi everybody, i got this error in my code.

Server Error in '/' Application.

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SQL Server does not exist or access denied.

Source Error:

Line 12:       Dim SQLConn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection()

Line 13:                SQLConn.ConnectionString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionString")

Line 14:                SQLConn.Open()

Line 15:       

Line 16:       cmdLath = New SqlCommand ( _

my web.config

<configuration>

<appSettings>

<addkey="ConnectionString" value="DataSource=xxx;UID=xxx;pwd=xxx" />

<addkey="ConnectionString" value="Server=xxx.xxx.x.x;database=xxx;UID=xxx;pwd=xxx;Trusted_Connection=True"/>

</appSettings>

<system.web>

<sessionState cookieless="false" timeout="20"/>

<customErrorsmode="Off"/>

</system.web>

</configuration>

what seems to be a problem, please help me??Is your connection string correct (server address, username, password, etc.)? Does the user your authenticating as have the correct permissions on the database?

Ryan|||i ran into this problem a few weeks ago as well, like the previous poster stated, you have to make sure they have an account in the sql server itself, not just a windows account. So the problem isn't with your code (assuming no spelling errors or the such) but with the sql server authenticating the user name and password. Hope that helps.|||Besides the suggestions given above, make sure you have SQL Server Authentication configured to be Mixed mode. Checkthis for the configuration.|||To Strongtypes,

Yes, I write the correct server, database, username and password. basically i use sa account with password but it didn't work. I used sql server authentication mixed mode.|||To Darkempire and Alvin,

Thanks for the reply, You know I've done a lot of codes in my asp.net but unfortunately it appears errors in my webpage. This is my setup, my sql server 2000 is installed on other machine with the domain controller running windows server 2003. I have this local pc with my asp.net with web server(iis). I think that my web server does not locate my sql server database or my connection string is wrong but if I'm going to used my dreamweavermx to fetch data to my sql server database it will show up perfectly but when i code an asp.net and run in my localhost, bang errorrs.. please help me|||

Let's do a connection testing on teh .NET client machine: new a '.udl' file e.g. test.udl, then double click to edit it->switch to Provider tab and choose 'SQL Native Client' (which is the default provider when you add connectionstring element in your web.config)->click next to switch to Connection tab->entering connection information including login and pasword (the same as you connect to the SQL Server in DreamWeaver)->click Test Connection. If this succeeds, then the SQL Native Client provider is OK; otherwise there's something wrong with the SQL Native Client provider, so you need to change another provider.

To learn more about connection strings using different providers, you can visit:

www.connectionstrings.com

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