Having trouble connecting to my database on a Hosting Server

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Hi, I am new to hosting a website online and because of that, I have been encountering a problem for the past week. I have created a dynamic website which needs to connect to the database on the host's server but nothing shows up in the controls that are supposed to hold the data retrieved from the database.
I have changed the data source variable in my webconfig file several times but to no avail. And I am suspecting it's my connectionstring which may be the problem.
This is what I am doing right now:

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<connectionStrings>
    <add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="data source=host domain name;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=false"/>
    <add name="StudentDBConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=host domain name;Initial Catalog=StudentDB;Persist Security Info=true;User ID=usermame;Password=password" />  </connectionStrings>

I would be glad, if someone to could guide me on how to solve this problem.

Posted 9-Sep-13 12:48pm

OsoJames

Updated 9-Sep-13 13:05pm

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[no name] 9-Sep-13 18:53pm

You need to talk to your hosting provider.

OsoJames 9-Sep-13 19:15pm

@ThePhantomUpvoter, thank you for the response, I will do that.

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2013-09-09T18:10:00

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Usually the hosting providers do not allow attaching databases via the connection string (DataDirectory) and you must explicitly do this in the database web UI first.

But contact your provider for better help.

Posted 9-Sep-13 18:10pm

Mehdi Gholam