Question

I’d like to check a connection string on a SQL 2008 server. Problem is, I have to write the whole thing using C++ (WIN32). Is there any simple way to do this? I’ve googled it, but it’s quite hard, since I don’t have much experience with C++.

Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

The connection string should be the same regardless of what language you implement with. To simply test the connection string you could do it a .NET language of your choice or whatever else you’re familiar with.

Here’s a link to a 2-page tutorial that you can use to quickly put a C++ prototype app together that will connect to a db via ADO.

But with .NET, testing a connection can be done in just a few lines of code:

try
{
   using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("connection string here..."))
   {
      conn.Open();
    }
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
   MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}

Or you can use a ready-made app like this one to test a connection string.