Hi Craig! Mostly rain here (almost and inch which is 2 months worth for here). Turned to snow at the end with about an inch on the ground.

Connection strings are not the problem per se. The problem is getting the sqlceoledb provider to show up in the standard windows dialogs. Haven't had any luck setting up a file dsn either.

Del


>Hi there Dell! Hope you are doing well and survived the storm. I had about 4" at my place this morning. Driving into the office was crazy. Roads are very slick.
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>For connection strings, look at http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2005-ce
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>>I have a third party application that accesses databases through established DSN connections. Anyone know a way to set up a DSN that connects with SQL Server Compact Edition?
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>>Thanks!
>>Del