How to check if connection string is valid?

Question

I\'m writing an application where a user provides a connection string manually and I\'m wondering if there is any way that I could validate the connection string - I mean ch

Answer 1

Try this.

    try 
    {
        using(var connection = new OleDbConnection(connectionString)) {
        connection.Open();
        return true;
        }
    } 
    catch {
    return false;
    }