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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / July 2006connecting to database
Is all I need the connection string to connect to a database? Or does every machine that uses the windows form app need to have a datasource for the database set up on their machine? Thanks. Andy > Is all I need the connection string to connect to a database? Or does every > machine that uses the windows form app need to have a datasource for the > database set up on their machine? > > Thanks. > Andy Andy, You don't need to have datasources configured, however, you do need drivers installed. Access requires MDAC, MySQL over ODBC would require MyODBC drivers, etc. Look at http://www.connectionstrings.com for writing various connection strings. Hope this helps. Dan Manges So I could distribute a Windows form executable that connects to my SQL Server 2003 to a bunch of computers and I wouldn't have to touch any of those computers? >> Is all I need the connection string to connect to a database? Or does >> every machine that uses the windows form app need to have a datasource [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dan Manges Correct. > So I could distribute a Windows form executable that connects to my SQL > Server 2003 to a bunch of computers and I wouldn't have to touch any of [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Dan Manges
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