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SQLCHECK & SSPICLIENT - Feature Request - Sanity check @@SERVERNAME is equivalent to the requested name

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, sql

Research direction

Start by reviewing the SQLCHECK and SSPICLIENT entry points that handle SSPI connections and server-name information. Determine how a requested server name can be compared with the SQL Server @@SERVERNAME value, and consider the work complete when the tools clearly report a mismatch; the issue names no files or tests.

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Description

I have been banging my head against the wall for hours trying to figure out why SSPI connections to MS SQL servers suddenly started to fail.

From a blind guess troubleshooting from a completely different direction I found out that the @@SERVERNAME property of the MS SQL server/services/instance was different than what was being contacted in the client.

Knowing this would have saved me a lot of pain and it's something I believe the tools should be able to figure out. At the very least SQLCHECK -- SSPICLIENT may be a different story.

If you need clarification please let me know.

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