>>Hi,
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>>Anybody sees anything wrong with the following connection string for ASP.NET app connecting to SQL Server via SQL Server authentication:
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>>"Data Source=MYCOMPNAME\\SQL2008; database=MyDbName; User Id=test; password=test1"
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>>or should the User ID and Password be enclosed in single quotes?
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>use MYCOMPNAME\SQL2008 (single backslash)
Actually let me correct myself. I do have one slash. But when I look at the string in the debugger it shows 2 slashes.
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