Online Documentation for Data Export for SQL Server

Step 1 - Setting connection options


At this step you should specify necessary settings to establish connection to the source SQL Server database.

 

Step 1

 

Connection settings

 

Enter SQL Server host name in the Host field or select the needed host from the drop-down list. This list is formed using SQL-DMO components function - "ListAvailableSQLServers". If SQL-DMO components are not installed the "NetServerEnum" function from netapi32.dll is used. If neither SQL-DMO components, nor netapi32.dll are installed, the Host drop-down list will be empty when the program is launched for the first time, and filled with host names already registered in the program, during further launches.

 

Please note that if Microsoft® SQL Server™ is installed as a named instance, you should specify 'Remote' as the connection type and enter the name, or IP address of your machine and the instance name in the 'Host' field in the following format: computer_name\sqlserver_instance_name or ip_address\sqlserver_instance_name  (e.g. "MYCOMPUTER\SQLEXPRESS", "127.0.0.1\SQLEXPRESS" ).

 

Specify the type of SQL Server authentication to be used for the connection: SQL Server or Windows authentication. It is strongly recommended to avoid using SQL Server authentication with "sa" as the login.

 

If SQL Server has been selected as the authentication type, you should also provide authorization settings: Login and Password.

 

If you are using the EMS SQL Management Studio for SQL Server version of Data Export for SQL Server then the Select registered database button is available. Click this button to pick a database already registered in the EMS SQL Management Studio in the Select Host or Database dialog.

 

If you get any difficulties connecting to the database, it can be useful to look through FAQs.

 

When you are done, press the Next button to proceed to the next step.