MVC 4 Application : Login failed sql exception - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am getting the error
SqlException (0x80131904): Login failed for user 'raam030'
for my ASP.NET MVC4 application. Works fine on my development machine using local SQL Server but when I deployed it to the web hosting this is what I am getting. I have searched for same questions, there are many but none of them helped me so far.
I have the stack trace below, I triple-checked and made sure my connection string is correct and SQL Server authentication is correct. Though my hosting services connection string does not require password information I tried variations without and with hard coded password and user name.
<connectionStrings>
<add name="RMSDelta"
connectionString="Data Source=mssql2.openhost.net.nz;Integrated Security=False;User ID=myusername; Password=mypassword;Connect Timeout=15;Encrypt=False;Network Library=dbmssocn;Packet Size=4096"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
I am using code first approach. My database name is the same I used as connection string name, same name used to pass as connection string in my context class. Made sure the provider name is correct. Except the data access part (and page which needed data) every other page works fine with my application.. I am not really sure what else to make out of this stack trace??
Please help me.
Stack Trace:
[SqlException (0x80131904): Login failed for user 'raam030'.]
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.GetConnection(DbConnection owningObject) +1316
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection) +108
System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) +126
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() +125
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlProviderServices.UsingConnection(SqlConnection sqlConnection, Action1 act) +85
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlProviderServices.UsingMasterConnection(SqlConnection sqlConnection, Action1 act) +349
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlProviderServices.GetDbProviderManifestToken(DbConnection connection) +265
System.Data.Common.DbProviderServices.GetProviderManifestToken(DbConnection connection) +34
[ProviderIncompatibleException: The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string.]
System.Data.Common.DbProviderServices.GetProviderManifestToken(DbConnection connection) +163
System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Utilities.DbProviderServicesExtensions.GetProviderManifestTokenChecked(DbProviderServices providerServices, DbConnection connection) +40
[ProviderIncompatibleException: An error occurred while getting provider information from the database. This can be caused by Entity Framework using an incorrect connection string. Check the inner exceptions for details and ensure that the connection string is correct.]
System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Utilities.DbProviderServicesExtensions.GetProviderManifestTokenChecked(DbProviderServices providerServices, DbConnection connection) +163
System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Utilities.DbConnectionExtensions.GetProviderInfo(DbConnection connection, DbProviderManifest& providerManifest) +39
System.Data.Entity.DbModelBuilder.Build(DbConnection providerConnection) +46
System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.CreateModel(LazyInternalContext internalContext) +62
System.Data.Entity.Internal.RetryLazy2.GetValue(TInput input) +117
System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.InitializeContext() +453
System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.GetEntitySetAndBaseTypeForType(Type entityType) +18
System.Data.Entity.Internal.Linq.InternalSet1.Initialize() +56
System.Data.Entity.Internal.Linq.InternalSet1.GetEnumerator() +15
System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbQuery1.System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() +40
System.Linq.WhereSelectEnumerableIterator2.MoveNext() +63
ASP._Page_Views_Default_Qualifications_cshtml.Execute() in d:\vhosts\rameshsivaraman.me\httpdocs\Views\Default\Qualifications.cshtml:45
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +209
System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +104
System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +78
System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance) +234
System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) +107
System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) +291
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +13
System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1a.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__17() +23
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilter(IResultFilter filter, ResultExecutingContext preContext, Func1 continuation) +264
System.Web.Mvc.<>c_DisplayClass1c.b_19() +20
System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList1 filters, ActionResult actionResult) +176
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass2a.<BeginInvokeAction>b__20() +71
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass25.<BeginInvokeAction>b__22(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +128
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult1.End() +50
System.Web.Mvc.Async.AsyncControllerActionInvoker.EndInvokeAction(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +26
System.Web.Mvc.<>c_DisplayClass1d.b_18(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +14
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c_DisplayClass4.b_3(IAsyncResult ar) +25
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult1.End() +55
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecuteCore(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +41
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass4.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__3(IAsyncResult ar) +25
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult1.End() +55
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +28
System.Web.Mvc.Controller.System.Web.Mvc.Async.IAsyncController.EndExecute(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +10
System.Web.Mvc.<>c_DisplayClass8.b_3(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +28
System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c_DisplayClass4.b_3(IAsyncResult ar) +25
System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +55
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +30
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9
System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +9041917
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +184

Answer 1

How silly things are sometimes... It seems my hosting company somehow requires a password with more than 6 characters to authenticate into sql server, I was using 4 character password earlier when I used a longer one it did work, however the hosting providers Plesk panel accepts the password with 4 characters when I set up the account!!!. I had to spend half my day fiddling with this thing, I am gonna shoot an email right now asking why they don't display any caution about this... Thanks friends..