ASP.Net Connection string woes

Question

My hosted ASP.NET 3.0 Forms application is suddenly throwing Login failed for user 'SQL2008R2_llama_user'.

This means that the database credentials are wrong. I find out my DB Manager changed the DB password, and that the new password is !@#$%^&*llama123456 . So I plug in the new password into my configuration files.

Problem: My application still can't connect and throws the same error.

Connection String:

Data Source=tcp:sql2k804.discountasp.net; Initial Catalog=SQL2008R2_llamadatabase;
uid=SQL2008R2_llama_user; pwd=!@#$%^&*llama123456;Connect Timeout=300;

Troubleshooting Steps:

• I can log into MSSQL SMS using tcp:sql2k... and using sql2k ... with the credentials. This means the credentials are correct.
• The problem persists on a different webhost and domain
• The app recompiles succesfully each config file edit
• I double-checked the config file changes and they are being edited accordingly

What else can I try? Is my hosted database throwing a temper-tantrum because of the special characters in my password? Any ideas?

Answer 1

Fixed my own problem.

I had forgotten that I had connection strings in my Web.config and Global.asax.

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