如何使用MS SQL 2008和MS VStudio 2010 C＃在LAN连接中设置数据库？

Question

I am making a LAN Chat and E-mail program ( Windows Forms Application ) in MS VStudio 2010 C# and it would run in a LAN.

I was wondering how to set up a database for this. There would be a server computer and client computers.

I also want to know how to access the database in the server from the client computers (ie what is the form of the connection string)

Answer 1

Here is a great reference for all your connection string questions.

A typical connection string will look like:

Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

In this case myServerAddress would be the address of a server that the clients can reach. If you install Sql Server on that machine you will be able to access it from client machines.

If you are using Sql Server Express , you have to make some configuration changes to your server machine because Express by default doesn't allow remote connections. You can find the info you need here