11g with a SQL Server Data Source

Question

I'm using 11.1.1.5 of OBIEE and trying to connect to a SQL Server 2008 data source. I've created the ODBC System DSN using the SQL Server driver. I've created a repository and am able to Import Metadata from the SQL Server database. I had to check "Require Fully Qualified Table Names" in the properties of the connection pool so now I can Update Rows from the tables and also View Data. So at this point it seems like everything is working fine. I created a very basic BM&M and then the Presentation layer.
Now I go into Answers and try to create a new Analysis. I select the Subject Area and see all the columns. I just select one column and click Results and receive the following error:
View Display Error
Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW).
Error Details
Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS. [nQSError: 43119] Query Failed: [nQSError: 16001] ODBC error state: 01000 code: 5 message: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).. [nQSError: 16001] ODBC error state: 08001 code: 17 message: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.. (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT 0 s_0, "PDSS UPS"."LOB"."description" s_1 FROM "PDSS UPS"
Here is the SQL sent to the database:
select distinct 0 as c1,
D1.c1 as c2
from
(select distinct T4757."description" as c1
from
(select lob."description",
lob."ID"
from "SIKOMSReporting"."sikoms".LOB) T4757
) D1
order by c2
I've also tried creating a direct database request, but no matter what kind of SQL I put in it does not work via the connection pool.
So everything seems to work from Admin, but not from Analysis.
Does anyone have a clue about this? Is there something special I need to do when dealing with SQL Server?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Brad

Answer 1

Hi,
I understand this is a microsoft issue. Request you to look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888228. As per Microsoft this error might come when any of the following conditions are true..
SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2000 is installed on a cluster.
You are connecting to a SQL Server named instance by using TCP/IP sockets.
IPSec policy is enabled on the client domain.
IPSec policy is not enabled on the server domain.
To work around this problem, you have to hardcode the TCP port or the Named Pipe of the SQL Server named instance. To do this, use a connection string that is similar to one of the following:
[oledb]
; Hardcoded TCP OLE DB initstring
Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=clientID;Data Source=tcp:TcpIpAddress,port
[oledb]
; Hardcoded Named Pipes OLE DB initstring
Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=clientID;Data Source=np:\\ServerName\pipe\MSSQL$InstanceName\sql\query
Hope this helps.
Thank you,
Dhar