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 ...

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 Winforms ...

Use FTP or HTTP POST to transfer files over the Internet with .NET. Also learn how to secure a database Connection string.

I'm familiar with ADO connections, so I assumed this would be the most expedient way to pull that data, but the connection string I'm using isn't working.

When creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you need to make sure your script can successfully connect to the database.