Non-default SQL Server instance ignored in connection string

• Mark Dickens

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  May 11, 2009 at 7:47 am

  #221030

  In the following connection string SQLEXPRESS instance is ignored and the default instance is used.

  Does anyone know why?

  Thanks,

  Mark

  SqlConnection sqlcon = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=10.0.70.2\SQLEXPRESS,13300;Initial Catalog=FOOBAA;User Id=FOO;Password=BAA;");

• Johan Bijnens

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  May 11, 2009 at 7:51 am

  #992127

  just remove @ from your connectionstring and you should be ok

  If sqlbrowser service is running, you don't need to supply the port number (,13...)

  Then you can remove that part.

  SqlConnection sqlcon = new SqlConnection("Data Source=10.0.70.2\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=FOOBAA;User Id=FOO;Password=BAA;");

  In the other case (sqlbrowser not running) you should use :

  SqlConnection sqlcon = new SqlConnection("Data Source=10.0.70.2,13300;Initial Catalog=FOOBAA;User Id=FOO;Password=BAA;");

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