Connecting to a database
 

Hi,
I have been reading through numerous posts and various web pages on how
to connect to a database and just need some assistance with this please.
I have been given a connection string (from a C# app) with numerous
elements such as server name database name password etc, can I make a
connection with just the connection string or do I need to find out
more, for example what type of database it is that I am trying to
connect to? What are the minimum parameters needed for connecting to a
database?
This is new ground for me so apologies for my ignorance.

Thanks in advance for any advice


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Connecting to a database
 

There's a big collection of connection strings he
http://www.carlprothman.net/

or, you could get the excellent MZTools add-in which has a utility to create
the string.

Robin Hammond
www.enhanceddatasystems.com

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Hi,
I have been reading through numerous posts and various web pages on how
to connect to a database and just need some assistance with this please.
I have been given a connection string (from a C# app) with numerous
elements such as server name database name password etc, can I make a
connection with just the connection string or do I need to find out
more, for example what type of database it is that I am trying to
connect to? What are the minimum parameters needed for connecting to a
database?
This is new ground for me so apologies for my ignorance.

Thanks in advance for any advice


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