Re: URGENT: ConnectionString for SQLServer db

Attaching a file does effectively cause the Sql Server instance to 'use' the
file. Remember that real Sql Server datafiles are .mdf so yes, it ends up
using it as the data file.
"Cirene" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Does attaching a database basically import it into an SQL Server DB, or
does it actually use the SQL Express mdf file?

"William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A remote SQL Server database needs to be addressed in two ways:
1) The system or machine name. When the database was on the local system
this was "." but we have no way to know what that is. Let's say it's
"George".
2) The SQL Server Instance name. We have no way of knowing the instance
name on the target server would be. Let's say it's "Fred".

In this example the ConnectionString would look something like this:
"Server=George\Fred;integrated security=SSPI;initial catalog=ASPNETDB"

There is no need to reattach the database since you already attached it
to the remote server master database.

See Chapter 9 of my book.

hth

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"Cirene" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I developed my ASP.NET 2.0 web app using SQL Express. Now I'm moving it
to production.

On my web server I attached the SQL Express mdf database to a new SQL
Server database. The (example) SQL Server settings are:
DB Name: rnz_mydb
Server IP: sql123.MyHost.com
Login ID: rnz_admin
Db Type: MSSQL 2005

The current web.config connection string is this:
<connectionStrings>
<remove name="LocalSqlServer" />
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data
Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\zASPNETDB.MDF;Integrated
Security=True;Initial Catalog=ASPNETDB"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="ConnectionString" connectionString="Data
Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\zASPNETDB.MDF;Integrated
Security=True;Initial Catalog=ASPNETDB"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

What should the connection string be now (to point to the new SQL SERVER
db)?

Thanks!






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