Cannot open database "ASPState" requested by the login. The login failed.

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Cannot open database "ASPState" requested by the login. The login failed.

AIRWALKER-375999

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August 6, 2010 at 4:57 am

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Hi,
I've just run this command to setup sql server session state
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>Aspnet_regsq
U sa -P password -d SessionStateDatabase -sstype c -ssadd
but now when I browse to my website I get this error:
Cannot open database "ASPState" requested by the login. The login failed.
can somebody show me where I have gone wrong please.
Many thanks,

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 172994 More actions · Answer 1

Here's a link with a similar issue. Does it help?

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AIRWALKER-375999 Hall of Fame Points: 3040 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for you reply

cant see an article on the issue in the link you provided.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 172994 More actions · Answer 3

Really? How odd. I wonder if the forum is blocked from your internet connection.

The actual link is here http://forums.asp.net/t/951690.aspx.

If you still can't see it, the advice is:

Login into SQL Server database with loginid as 'Sa' and password 'xxxxx'
Create a new login(security-- > Logins ) named as 'ServerName/ASPNET' in windows Authentication mode with sysadmin as the role and map the ASPState database in user mappings.

I'm not sure how well this will work, or if it does, but the person responding says it worked for him.

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

AIRWALKER-375999 Hall of Fame Points: 3040 More actions · Answer 4

thanks, I tried that but still having the same problem.

AIRWALKER-375999 Hall of Fame Points: 3040 More actions · Answer 5

got this working by dropping the custome named database and re-runnung aspnet_regsql.exe with the following:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regsql.exe -S BPPAPPSDBVM -

E -ssadd -sstype p

now is working fine.

thanks for your assistance

AIRWALKER-375999 Hall of Fame Points: 3040 More actions · Answer 6

Just another quick question, my website has a few 100 users, when I switch over to sql server session state, will it have an affect on the users that are logged in at the time?

thanks