"Driver={SQL Server};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;Uid=sa;Pwd=asdasd;"

"Driver={SQL Server};Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;Trusted_Connection=yes;"

oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways oConn.Open "Driver={SQL Server};Server=Aron1;DataBase=pubs;"

"Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;User Id=sa;Password=asdasd;"

"Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI;" 

(use serverName\instanceName as Data Source to use an specifik SQLServer instance, only SQLServer2000)

oConn.Provider = "sqloledb" oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways oConn.Open "Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;"

"Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=190.190.200.100,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog= pubs;UserID=sa;Password=asdasd;" 

(DBMSSOCN=TCP/IP instead of Named Pipes, at the end of the Data Source is the port to use (1433 is the default))

"Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog= pubs;UserId=sa;Password=asdasd;"    - or - "Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;UserID=sa;Password=asdasd;Trusted_Connection=False"    (booth connection strings produces the same result)

"Data Source=Aron1;Initial Catalog=pubs;Integrated Security=SSPI;"    - or -< BR>"Server=Aron1;Database=pubs;Trusted_Connection=True;"    (booth connection strings produces the same result)

(use serverName\instanceName as Data Source to use an specifik SQLServer instance, only SQLServer2000)

"Data Source=190.190.200.100,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog= pubs;UserID=sa;Password=asdasd;" 

(DBMSSOCN=TCP/IP instead of Named Pipes, at the end of the Data Source is the port to use (1433 is the default))

C#: using System.Data.SqlClient; SqlConnection oSQLConn = new SqlConnection(); oSQLConn.ConnectionString="my connectionstring"; oSQLConn.Open();

Example: "Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=190.190.200.100,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog= pubs;UserID=sa;Password=asdasd;"

Name	Network library
dbnmpntw	Win32 Named Pipes
dbmssocn	Win32 Winsock TCP/IP
dbmsspxn	Win32 SPX/IPX
dbmsvinn	Win32 Banyan Vines
dbmsrpcn	Win32 Multi-Protocol (Windows RPC)

Important note! When connecting through the SQLOLEDB provider use the syntax Network Library=dbmssocn and when connecting through MSDASQL provider use the syntax Network=dbmssocn

This table shows all connectionstring properties for the ADO.NET SqlConnection object. Most of the properties are also used in ADO. All properties and descriptions is from msdn.

Name	Default	Description
Application Name		The name of the application, or ‘.Net SqlClient Data Provider‘ if no application name is provided.
AttachDBFilename -or- extended properties -or- Initial File Name		The name of the primary file, including the full path name, of an attachable database. The database name must be specified with the keyword ‘database‘.
Connect Timeout -or- Connection Timeout	15	The length of time (in seconds) to wait for a connection to the server before terminating the attempt and generating an error.
Connection Lifetime	0	When a connection is returned to the pool, its creation time is compared with the current time, and the connection is destroyed if that time span (in seconds) exceeds the value specified by connection lifetime. Useful in clustered configurations to force load balancing between a running server and a server just brought on-line.
Connection Reset	‘true‘	Determines whether the database connection is reset when being removed from the pool. Setting to ‘false‘ avoids making an additional server round-trip when obtaining a connection, but the programmer must be aware that the connection state is not being reset.
Current Language		The SQL Server Language record name.
Data Source -or- Server -or- Address -or- Addr -or- Network Address		The name or network address of the instance of SQL Server to which to connect.
Enlist	‘true‘	When true, the pooler automatically enlists the connection in the creation thread‘s current transaction context.
Initial Catalog -or- Database		The name of the database.
Integrated Security -or- Trusted_Connection	‘false‘	Whether the connection is to be a secure connection or not. Recognized values are ‘true‘, ‘false‘, and ‘sspi‘, which is equivalent to ‘true‘.
Max Pool Size	100	The maximum number of connections allowed in the pool.
Min Pool Size	0	The minimum number of connections allowed in the pool.
Network Library -or- Net	‘dbmssocn‘	The network library used to establish a connection to an instance of SQL Server. Supported values include dbnmpntw (Named Pipes), dbmsrpcn (Multiprotocol), dbmsadsn (Apple Talk), dbmsgnet (VIA), dbmsipcn (Shared Memory) and dbmsspxn (IPX/SPX), and dbmssocn (TCP/IP). The corresponding network DLL must be installed on the system to which you connect. If you do not specify a network and you use a local server (for example, "." or "(local)"), shared memory is used.
Packet Size	8192	Size in bytes of the network packets used to communicate with an instance of SQL Server.
Password -or- Pwd		The password for the SQL Server account logging on.
Persist Security Info	‘false‘	When set to ‘false‘, security-sensitive information, such as the password, is not returned as part of the connection if the connection is open or has ever been in an open state. Resetting the connection string resets all connection string values including the password.
Pooling	‘true‘	When true, the SQLConnection object is drawn from the appropriate pool, or if necessary, is created and added to the appropriate pool.
User ID		The SQL Server login account.
Workstation ID	the local computer name	The name of the workstation connecting to SQL Server.

Note Use ; to separate each property. If a name occurs more than once, the value from the last one in the connectionstring will be used. If you are building your connectionstring in your app using values from user input fields, make sure the user can‘t change the connectionstring by inserting an additional property with another value within the user value.

"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=C:\mydatabase.mdb;Uid=Admin;Pwd=;"

"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=C:\mydatabase.mdb;SystemDB=C:\mydatabase.mdw;"

"Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=C:\mydatabase.mdb;Exclusive=1;Uid=admin;Pwd="

"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;User Id=admin;Password=;"

"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;Jet OLEDB:System Database=system.mdw;"

"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=\somepath\mydb.mdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=MyDbPassword;"

"Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=OracleServer.world;Uid=Username;Pwd=asdasd;"

"Driver={Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle};ConnectString=OracleServer.world;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;"

"Provider=msdaora;Data Source= MyOracleDB;UserId=UserName;Password=asdasd;" 

This one‘s from Microsoft, the following are from Oracle

"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=Username;Password=asdasd;"

"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;OSAuthent=1;"

"Data Source=Oracle8i;Integrated Security=yes"; 

This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later

C#: using System.Data.OracleClient; OracleConnection oOracleConn = new OracleConnection(); oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connectionstring"; oOracleConn.Open();

 

"Driver={mySQL};Server=mySrvName;Option=16834;Database=mydatabase;"

"Driver={mySQL};Server=data.domain.com;Port=3306;Option=131072;Stmt=;Database=my-database;Uid=username;Pwd=password;"

"Provider=MySQLProv;Data Source=mydb;User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;"

"DataSource=server;Database= mydb;UserID=username;Password=pwd;Command Logging=false" 

This one is used with eInfoDesigns dbProvider, an add-on to .NET

C#: using eInfoDesigns.dbProvider.MySqlClient; MySqlConnection oMySqlConn = new MySqlConnection(); oMySqlConn.ConnectionString = "my connectionstring"; oMySqlConn.Open();

 

"Host=server; UserName= myusername;Password=mypassword;Database=mydb;" 

This is a freeware ADO.Net data provider from SevenObjects

"User ID=root; Password=pwd; Host=localhost; Port= 3306;Database=test;Direct=true; Protocol=TCP; Compress=false; Pooling=true; Min Pool Size=0;Max Pool Size=100; Connection Lifetime=0" 

Read more at Core Lab and the product page.

"Driver={Easysoft IB6 ODBC};Server=localhost;Database=localhost:C:\mydatabase.gdb;Uid=username;Pwd=password"

"Driver={INTERSOLV InterBase ODBC Driver (*.gdb)};Server=localhost;Database=localhost:C:\mydatabase.gdb;Uid=username;Pwd=password"

"Driver= {INTERSOLV InterBaseODBCDriver(*.gdb)};Server=ComputerName;Database=ComputerName:C:\mydatabase.gdb;Uid=username;Pwd=password" 

This driver are provided by DataDirect Technologies >> (formerly Intersolv)

"provider=sibprovider;location=localhost:;data source=c:\databases\gdbs\mygdb.gdb;user id=SYSDBA;password=masterkey"

"provider=sibprovider;location=localhost:;data source=c:\databases\gdbs\mygdb.gdb;user id=SYSDBA;password=masterkey;character set=ISO8859_1"

"provider=sibprovider;location=localhost:;data source=c:\databases\gdbs\mygdb.gdb;userid=SYSDBA;password=masterkey;role=DIGITADORES" 

Read more about SIBPROvider >>

"Provider=DB2OLEDB;Network Transport Library=TCPIP;Network Address=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX;Initial Catalog=MyCtlg;Package Collection=MyPkgCol;Default Schema=Schema;User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPW"

"Provider=DB2OLEDB;APPC Local LU Alias=MyAlias;APPC Remote LU Alias=MyRemote;Initial Catalog=MyCtlg;Package Collection=MyPkgCol;Default Schema=Schema;User ID=MyUser;Password=MyPW"

"Driver={SYBASE ASE ODBC Driver};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password"

"Driver= {SYBASESYSTEM11};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password;" 

Do you know a userguide for Sybase System 11, 12, 12.5? E-mail the URL to connectionstrings.com now!! >>

"Driver={INTERSOLV 3.10 32-BIT Sybase};Srvr=Aron1;Uid=username;Pwd=password;"

"ODBC; Driver= SybaseSQLAnywhere5.0;DefaultDir=c:\dbfolder\;Dbf=c:\mydatabase.db;Uid=username;Pwd=password;Dsn=""""" 

Note! The two double quota following the DSN parameter at the end are escaped quotas (VB syntax), you may have to change this to your language specific escape syntax. The empty DSN parameter is indeed critical as not including it will result in error 7778.

"Provider=ASAProv;Data source=myASA" 

Read more in the ASA User Guide >>

"Provider=Sybase ASE OLE DB Provider; Data source=myASE" 

Note that you must create a Data Source .IDS file using the Sybase Data Administrator. These .IDS files resemble ODBC DSNs.

 

"Dsn=‘‘;Driver={INFORMIX 3.30 32 BIT};Host=hostname;Server=myserver;Service=service-name;Protocol=olsoctcp;Database=mydb;UID=username;PWD=myPwd

"Driver={Informix-CLI 2.5 (32 Bit)};Server=myserver;Database=mydb;Uid=username;Pwd=myPwd"

"Provider=Ifxoledbc.2;password=myPw;User ID=myUser;Data Source=dbName@serverName;Persist Security Info=true"

"Driver={MIMER};Database=mydb;Uid=myuser;Pwd=mypw;"

"Driver={MIMER};Database=mydb;"

"User ID=root; Password=pwd; Host=localhost; Port= 5432;Database=testdb;Pooling=true; Min Pool Size=0; Max Pool Size=100; Connection Lifetime=0" 

Read more at Core Lab and the product page.

"DSN=myDsn;Uid=username;Pwd=;"

"FILEDSN=c:\myData.dsn;Uid=username;Pwd=;"

"Driver={Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls)};DriverId=790;Dbq=C:\MyExcel.xls;DefaultDir=c:\mypath;"

"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MyExcel.xls;Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=Yes;IMEX=1""" 

"HDR=Yes;" indicates that the first row contains columnnames, not data

"IMEX=1;" tells the driver to always read "intermixed" data columns as text

TIP! SQL syntax: "SELECT * FROM [sheet1$]" - i.e. worksheet name followed by a "$" and wrapped in "[" "]" brackets.

"Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};Dbq=c:\txtFilesFolder\;Extensions=asc,csv,tab,txt;"

 

"Driver={Microsoft dBASE Driver (*.dbf)};DriverID=277;Dbq=c:\mydbpath;"

"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\folder;Extended Properties=dBASE IV;User ID=Admin;Password="

"Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source=C:\MyDbFolder\MyDbContainer.dbc;Password=MyPassWord;Collating Sequence=machine"

"Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source=C:\MyDataDirectory\;Password=MyPassWord;Collating Sequence=general"

"Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver};SourceType=DBC;SourceDB=c:\myvfpdb.dbc;Exclusive=No;Collate=Machine;"

"Driver= {MicrosoftVisualFoxProDriver};SourceType=DBF;SourceDB=c:\myvfpdbfolder;Exclusive=No;Collate=Machine;" 

"Collate=Machine" is the default setting, for other settings check the list of supported collating sequences >>

"Driver= {Pervasive ODBC ClientInterface};ServerName=srvname;dbq=@dbname" 

Pervasive ODBC info >>

"Provider=PervasiveOLEDB;Data Source=C:\path" 

Pervasive OLE DB info >>

"File Name=c:\myDataLink.udl;"