Access Denied Error

I'm running SQL Server 2000 on a Windows Server 2003 machine. We have sp3 o
n
SQL. I am getting an error when I query against my views. The views use a
linked server that grabs data from FoxPro dbf files located on the same
machine.
In resolving a memory issue, we disabled the 'Allow InProcess' setting on
the OLE DB for ODBC Drivers provider. I don't think this has anything to do
w/ the access denied error because I enabled 'Allow InProcess' to test it an
d
then disabled again when I got the error.
The error message is:
Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error. Access denied.
OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'MSDASQL' IUnknown::QueryInterface
returned 0x80070005: Access denied.].
The account is a domain account that is part of the administrators group on
the server. It is also a System Administrator role in SQL.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks, PhilPhil,
The obvious things to check are that the account running SQL Server
(which is likely not your Windows account) has the proper permissions
on the files in question, and that you are referring to them in a way that
is correct for that account (not using a drive letter defined at logon for
your own Windows account, for example)
Next, you could try a different way of accessing the linked server data.
Try an alternative among the 4-part name lnksrv.database.owner.table,
OpenQuery, OpenRowSet, or OpenDataSource. If there is another
provider besides MSDASQL, try it.
Beyond that, unfortunately, most newsgroup threads with this question
end with
no resolution. :( My best guess is to try adding this registry key,
though I'm not
certain this works for an arbitrary provider.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MS
SQLServer\Providers\MSDASQL\Disallow
AdhocAccess
Make this a REG_DWORD with value 0.
Here is a link to a few dozen newsgroup threads on this issue - maybe
you'll find something.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...rface+sqlserver
If you resolve this problem, please let us know!
Steve Kass
Drew University
phil wrote:

>I'm running SQL Server 2000 on a Windows Server 2003 machine. We have sp3
on
>SQL. I am getting an error when I query against my views. The views use a
>linked server that grabs data from FoxPro dbf files located on the same
>machine.
>In resolving a memory issue, we disabled the 'Allow InProcess' setting on
>the OLE DB for ODBC Drivers provider. I don't think this has anything to d
o
>w/ the access denied error because I enabled 'Allow InProcess' to test it a
nd
>then disabled again when I got the error.
>The error message is:
>Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
>OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error. Access denied.
>OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'MSDASQL' IUnknown::QueryInterface
>returned 0x80070005: Access denied.].
>The account is a domain account that is part of the administrators group on
>the server. It is also a System Administrator role in SQL.
>Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Phil
>
>|||Well, I resolved this issue by selecting 'Allow InProcess' for the OLE DB
Provider for ODBC Drivers. However, I had deselected this setting to correc
t
a memory issue I am having. Now, I'm looking to resolve that a different
way. (argh.)
- Phil
"Steve Kass" wrote:

> Phil,
> The obvious things to check are that the account running SQL Server
> (which is likely not your Windows account) has the proper permissions
> on the files in question, and that you are referring to them in a way that
> is correct for that account (not using a drive letter defined at logon for
> your own Windows account, for example)
> Next, you could try a different way of accessing the linked server data.
> Try an alternative among the 4-part name lnksrv.database.owner.table,
> OpenQuery, OpenRowSet, or OpenDataSource. If there is another
> provider besides MSDASQL, try it.
> Beyond that, unfortunately, most newsgroup threads with this question
> end with
> no resolution. :( My best guess is to try adding this registry key,
> though I'm not
> certain this works for an arbitrary provider.
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MS
SQLServer\Providers\MSDASQL\Disall
owAdhocAccess
> Make this a REG_DWORD with value 0.
> Here is a link to a few dozen newsgroup threads on this issue - maybe
> you'll find something.
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group...rface+sqlserver
> If you resolve this problem, please let us know!
> Steve Kass
> Drew University
> phil wrote:
>
>|||An alternative solution is to use the -g switch, which we may pursue. This
is explained in BOL. - Phil
"phil" wrote:

> Well, I resolved this issue by selecting 'Allow InProcess' for the OLE DB
> Provider for ODBC Drivers. However, I had deselected this setting to corr
ect
> a memory issue I am having. Now, I'm looking to resolve that a different
> way. (argh.)
> - Phil
>