Question

This is a very elementary I realize, I have recently started working with asp.net and establishing a connection with an Access database was simple enough…

string insertedBookTitle;
conn = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OleDb.4.0;
                             Data Source=" + Server.MapPath("App_Data\\BookRateInitial.mdb"));
conn.Open()

What is the code I use to connect to SQL Server 2008, with the same name (BookRateInitial)?

Kind regards

Answer 1

Here’s a sample connection string for standard security (username and pwd):

Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

You need to do a:

using(SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) 
{
    conn.Open();
    //Use connection here
    using(SqlCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand())
    {
        //...
    }
}