Why does ogr2ogr SHP import error out trying to create a database?

All,

Can anyone tell me what the error is with OGR2OGR when trying to import a .SHP into MSSQLSPATIAL?

ERROR 1: MSSQL Spatial driver doesn't currently support database creation.
Please create database with the Microsoft SQL Server Client Tools.
MSSQLSpatial driver failed to create MSSQL:server=[][];database
=[];uid=[];pwd:[]

The import statement I’m using is this:

ogr2ogr -f MSSQLSpatial "MSSQL:server=[][];database=[];uid=[];pwd:[]" C:[path to file]police_districts_2877.shp -a_srs EPSG:2877 -lco "GEOM_TYPE=geometry" -lco "GEOM_NAME=geom" -nln "CCD_PoliceDistricts" -progress

As you can see, I’m not trying to create a database, and there is one already created. as per the ‘creation issue’ cited here: http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_mssqlspatial.html

I have followed several posts, including this:
Shapefile to MSSQL with ogr2ogr fails to make connection, to no avail…

EDIT: I’m also getting a connection error, but I can’t see why…I think my syntax is correct:

ERROR 1: Unable to initialize connection to the server for MSSQL:server=[][];database=[];uid=[];pwd:[],[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login failed for user '[username]'.

Thanks!

-m