title: Connecting to SAP DB using ODBC
body: <p>I'd like to access a SAPDB database using ODBC so I've installed the latest ODBC driver from <a href="http://www.sapdb.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sapdb.org/</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to create a connection using the following connection string: 
  <code>DRIVER={SAP DB (Unicode)};SERVER=192.168.12.11;DATABASE=ADQ;UID=ADQTEST;PASSWORD=TESTABC;</code></p>
  
  <p>However I get the following error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>[SAP AG][SQLOD32 DLL][SAP DB] Invalid authorization specification;-4008 POS(1) Unknown user name/password combination</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I'm fairly certain that the username/password I'm using is correct (we've verified multiple times).</p>
  
  <p>I also don't think it's a general network problem since if I give it a non-existing database it actually complains about the "database not running". Only with the correct database I get the invalid authorization error.</p>
  
  <p>I'd very much appreciate any hints anyone might be able to give me.</p>
  
  <p>Best regards,
  Thomas</p>