connection-string

A hypothetical web-site currently connects using: public SqlConnection CreateConnection() { DbConnection connection = new SqlConnection(); connection.ConnectionString = GetConnectionString(); connection.Open(); return connection; } Where the magical connection string is stored in web.config : String GetConnectionString() { //Get the connection string info from web.config ConnectionStringSettings cs = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["db"]; if (cs == null) throw new Exception("Could not locate DB connection string"); return cs.ConnectionString; } Now i'd like to move the connection string

I just want to know the right sql connection string for a remote sql server express edition. This is what I got but I got some problems SqlConnection cs = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=(IP Address)\PC-NAME\SQLEXPRESS,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=dbase;User ID=sa;Password=password"); I got this error in my C# debugger: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.

This is my first EF project so bear with me please. When updating an entity such as Department, you pull it from the context, update its values and call context.SaveChanges. However, if you update Department.Employees, EF does not find that funny. I searched and came up with the option of setting Multipleactiveresultsets=true in the connection string but want to know if: Is this the recommended way? Does this adversely affect performance / what should I look out for? Ladislav Mrnka Enabling MARS is only necessary if you want to execute multiple queries on the same connection in parallel. This

What is a good approach to managing a debug and release connection string in a .NET / SQLServer application? I have two SQL Servers, a production and a build/debug and I need a method of switching between the two when my ASP.NET application is deployed. Currently I simply store them in the web.config and comment one or the other out, however that is error prone when deploying. Create a Debug and Release version of the Web.config file, e.g. Web.debug.config and Web.release.config. Then add a pre-compile condition that copies the relevant version into the web.config based upon the current Target

I have a web application that comprises the following: A web project (with a web.config file containing a connection string - but no data access code in the web project) A data access project that uses LINQ-SQL classes to provide entities to the web project UI (this project has a settings file and an app.config - both of which have connection strings) When I build and deploy, there is no settings file or app.config in the Bin directory with the data access .dll, but changing the connection string in the web.config file doesn't change the database accordingly - so the connection string must be

I'm building an ASP.NET MVC3 application that requires access to a database. I've successfully set up the database on my local machine and everything works fine but then I uploaded the app to appharbor.com for testing and now I can't access the database anymore. How do you add a connection string for a SQLEXPRESS database on appharbor.com? The database file is in located in the App_Data folder. I've been trying for days to make it work without avail. I already added the SQL Server add-on on appharbor. I'm not using any Entity Framework features if it helps to know. You shouldn't use