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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a basic question that I think I know the answer to but I just wanted to double check the consensus view. <BR><BR>I've got a WinService written in C#/.NET 2.0. It's job is to be continually ...