带App.config文件的SQL Server外部的connectionString

Question

I have a console application and in the App.config I need to add a connectionString to another SQL server that is in the same network.

If I try the connectionString to a local server by only passing the Server='localhost' its worked but I cannot make it work for an outside server.

Thanks

Here is the connection file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <startup> 

    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5"/></startup>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add connectionString="Server=LocalServer;database=DAtaBase;user=UserName;pwd=Password" name="Connection"/>
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

Answer 1

Example connection to outer server:

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="Namespace.Settings.outerSQL" connectionString="Data Source=192.168.0.100\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=database_name;User ID=user;Password=password"/>
</connectionStrings>

You need address to remote server and credentials provided (if it's not Windows auth, for which you use "Integrated Security").

Answer 2

inside of a app.config / web.Config file you would have the following and this is a simple and easy way to connect to a sql server database.. also confirm what database you are using because the connection string can be different depending on the DBMS

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="DbConn" connectionString="Data Source=the name of your database;User Id=UserName;Password=Password;"/>
  </connectionStrings>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0" />
  </startup>  
</configuration>