Symptoms
cannot access k2 designer with the following error.
The connection string is invalid:Mail.domain.local.
We also cannot open the environments in workdpace
Diagnoses
Issue of having an error "The connection string is invalid: Mail.." is resolved by updating the Guid value of the TypeID in the [K2].[Environment].[Field] table for "Mail server" to be the same value of TypeID in the [K2].[Environment].[FieldType] for the "Mail server" FriendlyName column
Resolution
Issue of having an error "The connection string is invalid: Mail.." is resolved by updating the Guid value of the TypeID in the [K2].[Environment].[Field] table for "Mail server" to be the same value of TypeID in the [K2].[Environment].[FieldType] for the "Mail server" FriendlyName column