The server was unable to connect to the SourceSafe database.

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:20 am

Error message: "The server was unable to connect to the SourceSafe database. Check your server's log file for additional information."

Also, in SOS 4.0, this error message appears in the log file:

5/4/04 9:58:56 AM - 2: Exception during Login: COM object with CLSID {783CD4E4-9D54-11CF-B8EE-00608CC9A71F} is either not valid or not registered.
5/4/04 9:58:56 AM - 2: COM object with CLSID {783CD4E4-9D54-11CF-B8EE-00608CC9A71F} is either not valid or not registered.

These error messages indicates that a copy of the Visual SourceSafe Client has not been installed on the SOS Server machine. The VSS client provides the API that the SOS Server needs to communicate with the VSS database.

If the VSS Client is on the SOS Server machine, you may need to register the automation component using the steps in this KB article:

http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?t=255