app.config file in C# for SQL Server 2005 in VS 2008

Question

I have C# .net project with SQL Server 2008 written in Visual Studio 2008. There I used the following connection string to connect with SQL Server:

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Answer 1

Here is a sample;

Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\PressbyranDB.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True

Note that Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS; attribute as your SQL Server and Server Instance name. Also, you do not need to restore your database from machine to machine if you use the AttachDbFilename= attribute.