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2178997 - Login sent to the database with no password, when refreshing a report in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • Login with no password sent to the database.
  • Database monitoring tool shows login errors.
  • Crystal Reports attempts to login to the database with an empty password.
  • Database logs shows the error: "Login failed for user <User Name>. Reason: Password did not match for the login provided."
  • Why does Crystal Reports tries to logon to the data source with an empty password?


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Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2013
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2020

Product

SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020

Keywords

CR, fake login, extra logon , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

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