# Sql Express 2019 Database Connection issue

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** database\
**Created:** [June 6, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-express-2019-database-connection-issue/91495 "2024-06-06T16:31:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-express-2019-database-connection-issue/91495/1 "2024-06-06T16:31:42Z")

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Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (The driver could not establish a secure connection to SQL Server by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. Error: "Unexpected rethrowing".)

This is 2019 sql express instance. I feel like it is a certificate issue, but I don't know how to resolve it.