Question

For my current project I would like to test out the application on a different computer and put my database on a server.

In other projects I looked at my connectionstring to find where the database is located but this time it doesn’t tell me where it is located.

    <add name="Backend.Properties.Settings.autobusConnectionString"
        connectionString="Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=autobus;Integrated Security=True"
        providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />

I created my database with SQL Server 2008 R2 and implemented it with LINQ-TO-SQL using Linq-To-SQL Classes.

So my question is, where is it located on my computer and how would I change the location of the database?
Thanks for the help,
Thomas

Answer 1

Data Source=. is the servername. . is localhost. Change to Data Source=YourServer or Data Source=YourServer\YourInstance.