Hello<br/><br/>I am trying to retrieve an authority with the following URL &quot;<a href="https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/">https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/</a>&quot; and I keep getting the Bad Request [400] error.   I can see this authority using the SDS explorer.<br/><br/>In my code I am simply browsing to the above URL.  <br/><br/>Do I need to do more?<br/><br/>Do I need to send an XML Message to the <a href="https://data.database.windows.net/">https://data.database.windows.net/</a> URL?<br/>© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:25:54 Z6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4ahttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4ahttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4aBrentRogershttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=BrentRogersHello<br/><br/>I am trying to retrieve an authority with the following URL &quot;<a href="https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/">https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/</a>&quot; and I keep getting the Bad Request [400] error.   I can see this authority using the SDS explorer.<br/><br/>In my code I am simply browsing to the above URL.  <br/><br/>Do I need to do more?<br/><br/>Do I need to send an XML Message to the <a href="https://data.database.windows.net/">https://data.database.windows.net/</a> URL?<br/>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:10:49 Z2009-06-20T05:10:49Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#7717c15b-1067-438d-8599-4f94724aa8e1http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#7717c15b-1067-438d-8599-4f94724aa8e1Aaron Stanley Kinghttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Aaron%20Stanley%20King<p>You need to add the /v1 directory and authenticate.  Try <a href="https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/v1/">https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/v1/</a> instead.</p> <hr class=sig> Aaron Stanley King - Microsoft Consultant - Perpetual Technologies, Inc. - http://www.perptech.comMon, 22 Jun 2009 12:08:49 Z2009-06-22T12:09:17Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#9d697200-43ec-4316-8a07-656b1d96bd70http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#9d697200-43ec-4316-8a07-656b1d96bd70BrentRogershttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=BrentRogersThank you I tried that and got further. Now I keep getting the message &quot;The remote name could not be resolved: 'dataloader.data.database.windows.net'&quot; I also get the same message from time to time using the SDS Explorer. I can never seem to figure out why sometimes I get the data I need, and othere I get the above error. Any Ideas this time.Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:21:25 Z2009-06-24T01:21:25Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#b45bb134-1527-4943-8fa1-ddb7c5787b6ehttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#b45bb134-1527-4943-8fa1-ddb7c5787b6eKapil Muni Guptahttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Kapil%20Muni%20GuptaHi, if your accessing sds behind corporate firewall then need to check with System administrator, may be this will be the reason kapilWed, 24 Jun 2009 07:33:25 Z2009-06-24T07:33:25Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#e8e0703b-8bc9-4f6a-adc0-7c3686a215c1http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdsgetstarted/thread/6c41c507-d579-44ba-8004-16a81a8c5b4a#e8e0703b-8bc9-4f6a-adc0-7c3686a215c1Aaron Stanley Kinghttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Aaron%20Stanley%20KingIt might be DNS.  You can add an entry into you hosts file for the url.  I wouldn't do that though because you'll forget it is there.  For me IP address: 65.55.23.105 is Host name: dataloader.data.database.windows.net<br/><br/>There are some command line tools you can use to help diagnose the issue.<br/><br/>Use &quot;nslookup&quot; as a testing tool for that issue.  You can test each DNS server on your network settings individually to see of one can't find it. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/200525">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/200525</a><br/> <pre>nslookup [-option] [hostname] [server]</pre> Use &quot;ipconfig&quot; to find your network settings.  That will have the server ips for that you use for DNS. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ipconfig.mspx?mfr=true">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ipconfig.mspx?mfr=true</a> <br/><br/> <pre>ipconfig [/all] [/renew [Adapter]] [/release [Adapter]] [/flushdns] [/displaydns] [/registerdns] </pre> I hope that helps.<br/><br/> <hr class=sig> Aaron Stanley King - Microsoft Consultant - Perpetual Technologies, Inc. - http://www.perptech.comWed, 24 Jun 2009 11:52:19 Z2009-06-24T11:53:29Z