Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple ...

Please note that Integrated Security=false was set in the connection string used above, as the example uses SQL Server Authentication. If Windows Authentication is used, this must be adapted. To ...

LocalDB: The Database Without a Connection String. If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects. By Peter ...

In this third example, you use a DSN-less connection to connect to the data source. In this type of connection, you specify all necessary information (the driver, the server, the database name, and ...