BadRequest [400] Retreiving Authority

Question

Hello

I am trying to retrieve an authority with the following URL "https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/" and I keep getting the Bad Request [400] error.   I can see this authority using the SDS explorer.

In my code I am simply browsing to the above URL. 

Do I need to do more?

Do I need to send an XML Message to the https://data.database.windows.net/ URL?

Answer 1

You need to add the /v1 directory and authenticate.  Try https://brentrogers.data.database.windows.net/v1/ instead.

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Aaron Stanley King - Microsoft Consultant - Perpetual Technologies, Inc. - http://www.perptech.com

Answer 2

Thank you I tried that and got further. Now I keep getting the message "The remote name could not be resolved: 'dataloader.data.database.windows.net'" 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.

Answer 3

Hi, if your accessing sds behind corporate firewall then need to check with System administrator, may be this will be the reason kapil

Answer 4

It 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

There are some command line tools you can use to help diagnose the issue.

Use "nslookup" 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. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/200525

nslookup [-option] [hostname] [server]

Use "ipconfig" to find your network settings.  That will have the server ips for that you use for DNS. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ipconfig.mspx?mfr=true

ipconfig [/all] [/renew [Adapter]] [/release [Adapter]] [/flushdns] [/displaydns] [/registerdns] 

I hope that helps.

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Aaron Stanley King - Microsoft Consultant - Perpetual Technologies, Inc. - http://www.perptech.com