# TLS 1.0 error getting the following error when trying to connect to a SQL Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tls-1-0-error-getting-the-following-error-when-trying-to-connect-to-a-sql-server/92177 "2024-06-20T18:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tls-1-0-error-getting-the-following-error-when-trying-to-connect-to-a-sql-server/92177/4 "2024-06-20T21:48:54Z")
See if my notes on a solution for SQL Express 2005 are relevant. > [@SQL Express 2005 database connection ideas?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-express-2005-database-connection-ideas/78728/18): > > Thank you so much for the extra trouble with the screenshots. I hadn't found any reference to jTDS in my previous searches and, if I had, I'm not sure that I could have worked out the configuration. It's also the first time I've set up a driver and so your HTML prompts are useful too. For anyone wanting the text to cut and paste in: Property Value Classname net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver URL format jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://hostname Connection property instructions Use \databaseName… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tls-1-0-error-getting-the-following-error-when-trying-to-connect-to-a-sql-server/92177)._