Add login and connect to SQL with SQL Server Authentication - sql-server-2008

Question

I want to add a user in SQL Server 2008 so I can use SQL Server Authentication instead Windows Authentication for connecting to SQL, and have tried this code to create a user with login:
CREATE login [newLog] with password = 'passnewLognewLog'
I get it done, but when I want to connect to SQL Server using SQL Authentication, I get this message
Cannot connect to "Mydb"
additional information: Login failed for user
'newLog'. (Microsoft SQL Server,
Error: 18456 )
What am I missing here?

Answer 1

After creating the login, you need to add the user to the database. This example is from the sql server documentation for CREATE USER:
CREATE LOGIN AbolrousHazem
WITH PASSWORD = '340$Uuxwp7Mcxo7Khy';
USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
CREATE USER AbolrousHazem FOR LOGIN AbolrousHazem;
GO
Edit
To test, I ran this T-SQL:
create login Foo with password ='f00';
go
use TestDB
create user Foo for Login Foo
go
and opened a connection successfully using this connection string:
"Server=<server>; user id=Foo; password=f00; initial catalog=TestDB"

Answer 2

You need to create a user for the login, e.g.
CREATE USER [newLog] FOR LOGIN [newLog] WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
Check that mixed authentication is enabled: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1719476/188926

Answer 3

Try the following. They worked for me when I had this connection issue.
-When you are adding SQL user, make sure 'enforce password policy' is unchecked.
-Make sure that user is mapped to the database with proper permissions.
-on SSMS, right click server and then go to Security tab. Select 'SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode' option.
-restart PC.