mssql secure connection

[TheCurrent 0]

is it possible to use a secure connection to MSSQL server over the internet?

i need to use ssl to connect to MSSQL server over the internet, please help

[MrMitchell 16]

is it possible to use a secure connection to MSSQL server over the internet?

i need to use ssl to connect to MSSQL server over the internet, please help

Yah! How are you connecting though? You didn't say

[TheCurrent 0]

hello, this is my code

#include <_sql.au3>
#include <Array.au3>


$Handle= _SQL_Startup()

If $Handle= $SQL_ERROR Then
    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "Start Connect DesignMachine 3 Error" & @CRLF)
EndIf

$Host = "somehost.somehostsoftware.com,1117\somehost2\testplace"

If _sql_Connect($Handle, $Host, "Reports", "username", "pass") = $SQL_ERROR Then
    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "Start Connect DesignMachine 4 Error" & @CRLF)
    _SQL_Close()
EndIf

$Query = "SELECT COUNT (*) FROM [Reports].[dbo].[Pref]"

Local $hQuery, $Query_Rows
$hQuery = _SQL_Execute(-1 = -1, $Query)
$iRecords = _SQL_FetchData($hQuery, $Query_Rows)

ConsoleWrite("_SQL_GetTable2D - Error: " & @error)

If $iRecords = $SQL_OK Then

    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "successful. rows = " & $Query_Rows[0] & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & "Failed" & @CRLF)
EndIf

I get this error,

C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\_sql.au3 (217) : ==> The requested action with this object has failed.:
$ADODBHandle.Open("DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=" & $server & ";DATABASE=" & $db & ";uid=" & $username & ";pwd=" & $password & ";")
$ADODBHandle.Open("DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=" & $server & ";DATABASE=" & $db & ";uid=" & $username & ";pwd=" & $password & ";")^ ERROR

Edited April 8, 2011 by TheCurrent

[MrMitchell 16]

Oh sorry maybe not then...I misunderstood the question.

If you start a VPN connection to the network your SQL server is on, then use the server's network name or internal IP, that should work (if it's an option) right? Who owns the SQL server?

[TheCurrent 0]

i need to confirm 3 things

1. is this in the correct format for external host?

$Host = "somehost.somehostsoftware.com,1117\somehost2\testplace"

2. Can autoit really do client side secure connection?

3. do i need need to use openssl to do this connection?