Thanks, I am sure that I have installed sql server correctly.
Network services are enabled
mixed mode is activated
any other way we can check connection from client computer to server computer database?
how can i even set back sambapos to normal mode( local database in document folder)
I tried uninstalling it and install again but i cant open same string problem coming up.
if i access the server as remote user does ticket prints on another printer?
I mean can we use another printer via remote access?
Try logging into SQL Server Management Studio using SQL Server Authentication
If you get an error then the Mixed Mode authentication is not working.
When you say āset back to normal modeā are you using Compact SQL (CE) (SambaPOS4.sdf database file) on the main computer ?
The connection string is stored in the SambaSettings.txt file. To change your connection string, run SambaPOS, and when you get the error message that it cannot connect, change the connection string in the dialogue box and this will update the connection string - just run SambaPOS again.
You can control printing via Rule Mappings or in Manage->Settings->Terminals. Rule Mappings provides better control.
Hi All,
Sorted the problem, just updating the solution if somebody have problem with connecting terminal to server pc.
one is adding port number 1433 to tcp/ip in sql server configuration manager.
other is adding ip address of server-pc to the connection string
this will solve the problem, I am uploading this because I took one day to solve this
Thanks to All.
Sid.
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OK, it definitely isnāt the port number as SQL Server uses dynamic ports by default - which is why WIndows Firewall will always block SQL Server. This also makes me think that Named Pipes isnāt enabled in SQL Configuration.
The other reason could be that your computers canāt resolve NETBIOS Names (ie DNS), hence why you need to use IP addresses.
yes @JohnS might be, I have gone through all steps again and again the did all changes, then i installed sql server and checked is it connecting to network database or not, it was keep on failing then i tried with IP address then it going through. Once it connected the I made changes in connection string. All done!
Thanksā¦!!!
can you please show your full connection string.
@siwa, from the SQL server management screen i can see the database name is TONY2013\SAMBAPOS3
so the connection string should start with:
Data Source=TONY2013\SAMBAPOS3; User id=
and NOT
Data source=localhost\SAMBAPOS3
if you can also show full connection string as per JohnS suggestion.
Thatās not right. User id should be User Id=sa
What password did you set when you created the SQL Instance SAMBAPOS3 ?
Did you read Installing SQL Express 2012 for SambaPOS V3 [SambaPOS V3]
@JohnS I had istalled SambaPOS 4.1.36 , and did follow http://sambapos.org/wiki/doku.php/en/installing_sql_express_2012_for_sambapos_v3
with all the images above, can you please show me what to fill in belowā¦
Thanks!
@siwa you need to enter Data Source, User id and Password correctly and what you need to enter here depends on your installation. From your past screen shots we can understand Data Source should be TONY2013\SAMBAPOS3. User id is generally sa if you didnāt intentionally changed it. Finally password should be what youāve set while installing SQL Server. Since you can login to management studio you should already know what it should be. You can test your user name and password out of SambaPOS as shown under this post. Sambapos4 string problem
For testing you can try leaving user id and password blank if SQL Server installed on same computer and your local account is an administrator. But for accessing SQL Server from other computers you need to enter user id and password while configuring other terminals.
Greatings all, long time 
I finally moved from windows XP to windows 7, have latest framework, migrated my 33mb sdf! file to a lovely SQL server 2012, have sambapos 4.1.53
Question: i want to see if everything is OK with my data and for that i need to do some testing in sambapos, and the thing is that work period is off for now and i dont want to start (at CE mode i used to backup the sdf file, then starting work period to run tests, then i restore the sdf file to its real time version)
how can i do that?
*sorry if its discussed a lot - i didnt have much time lately to catch upā¦
easiest way is to download the Database Backup module from the market and use it to backup/restoreā¦ or you can use the Microsoft SQL Management Studio to run backups.
Here is what the Database Backup module looks like when installed:
Great thanks! iāll check it
The module is the easiest way, but you can also use Management Studio, and it is simple as wellā¦
Thanks @QMcKay for now i did use Management Studio for backup, but im planning to do both.
BTW, in āBack Up Databaseā window (in Management Studio) its important also to go through āOptionsā tab - my main thing is āOverwriteā instead of āAppendā - i just heard bad stories with this append thingā¦
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I created a new user in Windows and reinstalled. This was the only way I could get back to the normal mode.
Hi all,
I have the same problem. I guess I have wrongly entered the info during my previous login to SambaPOS. I am not able to start SambaPOS now with the error.
Is there any way to relaunch SambaPOS so that I can change the details?
Thanks
Atman