>It's been awhile and I'm trying to connect to a MSSQL server with the following
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>myconnstr = "driver = SQL Server; server=IPaddress; database=myDB; uid=myID; pwd=myPassword"
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>when I issue the myconnection = SQLStringConnect(myconnstr) it keeps popping up asking me to select a DNS.
>
>What am I forgetting?
>tia

Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};server=<IPAddress or just a dot for local machine>[, <port if not default>]\instanceName;database=myDb;Trusted_Connection=yes;

{SQL Server} is the old 2000 driver, prefer newer ones like {SQL Server Native Client 11.0}.

A typical connection to local SQLExpress instance Northwind database:

Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};server=.\SQLExpress;database=Northwind;Trusted_Connection=yes;