Entity Framework Scaffold-DbContext Login failed for user

Question

I am trying to build an API using Visual Studio 2017 and .NET Core 2 with Entity Framework Core. I am following the directions from This Link. I am on the section titled: Reve

Answer 1

Please make sure the user login exists on the target SQL Azure database and not only on the Azure SQL Database server.

-- On master database CREATE LOGIN MaryLogin WITH PASSWORD = '';

-- On the user database

CREATE USER MaryUser FROM LOGIN MaryLogin;

Create a firewall rule on Azure portal to allow access to the Azure SQL Database as explained here. Make sure port TCP 1433 is open from your computer.

Answer 2

I figured out my problem. My password contained the character $ and this needs to be escaped out by using ` before the $.

Answer 3

Did you tried to update your web.config file for connection string. This might be a reason which doesn't allow you to login to azure.