connecting windows form application to online database

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Hi all,
I have an windows application which is perfectly working database resides LAN (means on windows server).
I have created an App.config file which have following code

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="FutureConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=future-ser;Initial Catalog=DBname; User ID=username;Password=password" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

Now I want that when I execute this windows application it should access the database which resides online

Please help me

Posted 1-Mar-13 18:18pm

bkthebest

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Mar-13 0:28am

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willington.d · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-01T19:47:00

Solution 1

Yes, you can connect.

Data Source=190.190.200.100,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;
User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

Also refer to the website: http://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-2005[^]

Posted 1-Mar-13 19:47pm

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bkthebest 13-Mar-13 3:40am

Thanks Willington