Thanks Kevin,

That is the way i ended up doing it.

Not knowing the framework all that well yet!!!!! I thought i would ask first, and continue trying.



>Shawn,
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>>But I would like to test the connection first. Is there a way in MM to do this fast versus going the MS way of creating a connection string and trying to open a connection.
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>That's the way you would do it! Until you actually try to make the connection there's really no way to test if it's valid.
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>Regards,