Can not connect to the database

Hi,

I am having problems creating a connection string that works.

Server version: SQL Server 2014 Express.

I can login to SQL Management Studio with the same credentials. Server name: (local)\SQLEXPRESS2014 User: test Pass: testtest

To login with nodejs i tried this:

var sql = require('mssql');

var config = {
  connectionString: 'Server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS2014;Database=test-server;UID=test;PWD=testtest;',
};

var connection = new sql.Connection(config);
connection.connect(function(err) {
    console.log(err); // This is always getting hit
});

That however returns the following error:

{ [ConnectionError: Failed to connect to undefined:1433 - connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:1433] name: ‘ConnectionError’, message: ‘Failed to connect to undefined:1433 - connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:1433’, code: ‘ESOCKET’ }

Same error if i change the config to:

var connection = new sql.Connection({
    user: 'test',
    password: 'testtest',
    server: '(local)\\SQLEXPRESS2014', // or localhost\\SQLEXPRESS2014
    database: 'test-server'
});

Somehow it does not translate the connection correctly.

(My file only contains the first lines at the top to connect. Otherwise it’s completely empty. I wanted to get the connection to work before writing any other code.)

[snovak7]

This is how you should do it, if you’re connecting to named instance. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21204411/connect-to-sql-server-with-mssql-for-node-js

[snovak7]

@harshavarun25 Yes, you need access to the server as well as to the database. encrypt option is only for the connection encryption, unrelated to the problem.