SQL SERVER – Fix : Error: 4064 – Cannot open user default database. Login failed. Login failed for user
November 4, 2008 by pinaldave
I
have received following question nearly 10 times in last week though
emails. Many users have received following error while connecting to
the database. This error happens when database is dropped for which is
default for some of the database user. When user try to login and their
default database is dropped following error shows up.
Cannot open user default database. Login failed.
Login failed for user ‘UserName’. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 4064)
The fix for this problem is very simple.
Fix/Workaround/Solution:
First click on Option>>
Button of “Connect to Server” Prompt.
Now change the connect to database to any existing database on your server like master or msdb.
Now click on connect and it will successfully log you in. Once you
login in the system run following statement for your username and it
should fix your problem. Make sure to replace [test] with your username and master with yourdatabase name.
ALTER
LOGIN [test]
WITH
DEFAULT_DATABASE
=
master
GO