Create connection to database in VS2010 without SQL Client - dynamically

Question

How to create connection to database in VS2010 without SQL Client dynamically?

I tried using ConnectionStringSettings and SqlConnection and I succeeded, but I'm not supposed to use SQL Client.

I'm using Massive .

Answer 1

It might be that you just miss to reference System.Configuration in your project and consequently Massive cannot find the connection string in your app.config.

Following the instructions on github I could query my SQL Express database without any problems using Massive having a plain SqlClient connection string in my app.config.

Answer 2

You should be able to use System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection .

Use a connection string like this:

Provider=SQLOLEDB;Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername; Pwd=myPassword;