Required Microsoft Sql Server 2005 Express Server Roles for JDBC Connection

Hi!

I have developed a database in MS SQL Server 2005 Express, to which I would require only bulkadmin server role from an external java application, because I only need to update rows, insert values or use select queries in the database.

The problem is that, using either the Microsoft JDBC Driver 1.1 or the Java JDBC ODBC Driver and the Windows XP Data Base (ODBC) configurations, I need a user with sysadmin server role inside Sql Server, otherwise JDBC won't connect to the database using the selected user. Even if I leave the sql login with setupadmin or any server role lower than sysadmin, the connection is refused.

Is there no way to connect using JDBC to MS Sql Server 2005 other than granting the connected user sysadmin rights? My code looks as follows:

Code Snippet

String driver = "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver";
String url = "jdbc:sqlserver://FIREBLADE\\SQLEXPRESS";
String user = "username";
String password = "password$$";
Connection conn;

Class.forName(driver);
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url,user,password);
if (conn != null)
System.out.println("\nSQL Server Connection established ...\n");

I have heard that Java JDBC connections to Microsoft require high-level access.

Any informed answer is more than welcome. Thanks for reading my post!

Your connection string is a bit different than what's documented in the following article - you'd want to start there:

http://blogs.msdn.com/angelsb/archive/2005/08/01/446452.aspx

Connecting through JDBC does not require high level access or sysadmin rights.

-Sue