Possible to set default schema from connection string?

Question

With SQL Server 2005 and 2008 is it possible to set the default schema from the connection string? It\'d be a lot easier if we didn\'t have to manually set the schema with S

Answer 1

You set the default schema based on the user who is logging in via the connection, not the connection itself.

ALTER USER Mary51 WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = Purchasing;

Reference:

• ALTER USER