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

If when you say "Schema," you mean "Owner" (i.e. dbo), then I believe the selected answer is correct.

However, if you mean "Database" instead, which in some vendor's lingo means the same thing as "Schema," then I have provided some more info below.

In the link that TimS provided:

• All SQL Server SqlConnection properties

Scroll down to the row with these two properties:

Initial Catalog -or- Database

Here's an example connection string with a DEFAULT DATABASE:

Server=myServerName\myInstanceName,1433;Database=DEFAULT_DATABASE;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

See link below for more examples:

• Connection strings for SQL Server 2012