Hi
We have a linked server that has been functioning without issue for a couple of years. Yesterday we changed the password of the user the linked server uses to login to the remote server/db and now the linked server throws an error 7303 when we try and change the password in the linked server security tab. Still using the same UserID just changed the password.
I can login to the application with the UserID and new password without a problem but when trying to apply the new password to the linked server get this error...
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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The linked server has been updated but failed a connection test. Do you want to edit the linked server properties?
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "XXX".
OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "XXX" returned message "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLSetConnectAttr failed".
OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "XXX" returned message "[Jade Software Corporation][JADE ODBC Thin Client] User id or password is invalid". (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 7303)
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sql server 2008 r2
windows server 2008r2