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Connection Strings for SQL Server 2000

SQL Server 2000

It is a full-featured relational database management system (RDBMS) that offers a variety of administrative tools to ease the burdens of database development, maintenance and administration.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is an application used to create computer databases for the Microsoft Windows family of server operating systems. Microsoft SQL Server provides an environment used to generate databases that can be accessed from workstations, the Internet, or other media such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). It provides the following features:

  1. Variety of User Interfaces
  2. Physical data independence
  3. Logical data independence
  4. Query optimization

Providers for SQL Server 2000, 7.0

  • .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server
  • .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB (OleDbconnection)
  • .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC (Odbcconnection)
  • Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
  • Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver
  • SQL Server Native Client 9.0 OLE DB Provider
  • SQL Server Native Client 9.0 ODBC Driver
  • SQL Server Native Client 10.0 OLE DB Provider
  • SQL Server Native Client 10.0 ODBC Driver
  • SQLXML 3.0 OLEDB Provider
  • MSDataShape

.NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server

A .NET Framework data provider is used for connecting to a database, executing commands, and retrieving results. Those results are either processed directly, placed in an ADO.NET Dataset in order to be exposed to the user in an ad hoc manner, combined with data from multiple sources, or remoted between tiers. It Provides data access for Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0 or later. Uses the System.Data,sqlclient namespace.

This is the number one to use if we want our .NET application or website to connect to an SQL Server.

The .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server uses its own protocol to communicate with SQL Server. It is lightweight and performs well because it is optimized to access a SQL Server directly without adding an OLE DB or Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) layer.

Sample Code

using System.Data.SqlClient;
SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection();
myConnection.ConnectionString = myConnectionString;
myConnection.Open();
//execute queries, etc
myConnection.Close();

 Standard Security

 Syntax:

 Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;UserId=urUsername;
 Password=urPassword;
OR:

 Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;UserID=urUsername;Password=urPassword;
 Trusted_Connection=False;

Trusted Connection

 Syntax:

 Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI;

 OR:

 Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Trusted_Connection=True;

Using SQL Server instance

 Syntax:

 Server=urServerName\theInstanceName;Database=urDataBase;Trusted_Connection=True;

Using IP address,Port

 Syntax:

 Data Source=192.168.1.11,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;
 User ID=urUsername;Password=urPassword;

Asynchronous processing

 Syntax:

 Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Integrated Security=True;Asynchronous Processing=True;

Database mirroring

 Syntax:

 Data Source=urServerAddress;Failover Partner=urMirrorServerAddress;
 Initial Catalog=urDataBase;Integrated Security=True;

Using a database file SQL Server Express instance

 Syntax:

 Server=.\SQLExpress;AttachDbFilename=c:\database\testproject\urdbfile.mdf;Database=urdbname;Trusted_Connection=Yes;

Using the data directory SQL Server Express instance
 Syntax:

 Server=.\SQLExpress;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|urdbfile.mdf;Database=dbname;Trusted_Connection=Yes;

Using an User Instance on SQL Server Express instance

 Syntax:

 Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=true; AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\urdb.mdf;User Instance=true;
The User Instance functionality creates a new SQL Server instance on the fly during connects. 

Enabling MARS (Multiple Active Result Sets)

 Syntax:

 Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Trusted_Connection=True;
 MultipleActiveResultSets=true;

Trusted Connection from a CE device

 Syntax:

 Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI;
 User ID=urDomain\urUsername;Password=urPassword;


.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB

The .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB is recommended for middle-tier applications using Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 or earlier, or any OLE DB provider that supports the OLE DB interfaces listed in OLE DB Interfaces Used by the OLE DB .NET Data Provider in the .NET Framework SDK. The .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB automatically pools connections using OLE DB session pooling. Connection string arguments can be used to enable or disable OLE DB services including pooling.

Bridging to OLE DB Provider for SQL Server

Syntax:

 Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;UserId=myUsername;
 Password=myPassword;


.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC

The .NET Data Provider for ODBC access to data sources that are connected to using an ODBC driver.

The ODBC .NET Data Provider is an add-on component to the .NET Framework. It provides access to native ODBC drivers the same way that the OLE DB .NET Data Provider provides access to native OLE DB Providers A .NET Framework data provider also serves as a bridge between a data source and an ADO.NET DataSet. For data sources exposed by using ODBC. Uses the System.Data.Odbc namespace.

Sample Code

using System.Data.Odbc;
OdbcConnection myConnection = new OdbcConnection();
myConnection.ConnectionString = myConnectionString;
myConnection.Open();
//execute queries, etc
myConnection.Close();

Bridging to SQL Native Client 10.0 ODBC Driver

Syntax:

 Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;
 Uid=urUsername;Pwd=urPassword;


Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server allows ADO to access Microsoft SQL Server, and it translate character data from the client code page to the server code page automatically by default.

Using the OLE DB Provider for SQL Server, SQL Server distributed queries can query data in remote instances of SQL Server.

Code

Include "Provider=sqloledb" in the connection string to use this provider.

Standard security

Syntax:

 Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;User Id=urUsername;Password=urPassword;

Trusted connection

Syntax:

Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI

Disable connection pooling

Syntax:

Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;User ID=urUsername;Password=urPassword;OLE DB Services=-2;

Disable connection pooling is useful while receiving the errors

Using SQL Server Instance

Syntax:

Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=urServerName\theInstanceName;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;Integrated Security=SSPI;

Using IP address,Port

Syntax:

 Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=192.168.1.11,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;User ID=urUsername;Password=urPassword;

 Prompt for username and password

 Syntax:

oConn.Provider = "sqloledb"oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways
Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;

Microsoft SQL Server for ODBC Driver

ODBC-SQL Server Driver provides ODBC access to Microsoft SQL Server from Linux and Unix platforms . The ODBC-SQL Server Driver supports SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server Express. ODBC-SQL Server Driver to connect to SQL Server from Linux distributions such as Debian, Fedora, Mandrake, Red Hat, SUSE and Ubuntu and Unix platforms such as AIX, HP-UX and Solaris

 Standard security

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Server};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Uid=urUsername;

Pwd=urPassword;

Trusted connection

 Syntax:                                                                    

Driver={SQL Server};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Trusted_Connection=Yes;

Prompt for username and password

Syntax:

oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways
Driver={SQL Server};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;

SQL Server Native Client 9.0 OLE DB Provider

Microsoft SQL Client Server Native client 9.0 contains the SQL OLE DB provider and SQL ODBC driver in one native dynamic link library (DLL) supporting applications using native-code APIs (ODBC, OLE DB and ADO) to Microsoft SQL Server.

The SQL Server Native Client 9.0 OLE DB provider is a native, high performance provider that accesses the SQL Server Tabular Data Stream (TDS) protocol directly.

Code

Include "Provider=SQLNCLI" in the connection string to use this provider.

 Standard security

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Uid=urUsername; Pwd=urPassword;

Trusted connection

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase; Trusted_Connection=yes;    

Using SQL Server Instance

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=urServerName\theInstanceName;Database=urDataBase;

Trusted_Connection=yes;

Prompt for username and password

Syntax:

oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways
oConn.Open "Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=urServerAddress;DataBase=urDataBase;

Encrypt data sent over network

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI;Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Trusted_Connection=yes;

Encrypt=yes;

SQL Server Native Client 9.0 ODBC Driver

SQL Server Native Client 9.0 ODBC Driver supports applications written using earlier versions of ODBC in the manner defined in the ODBC 3.51 specification. Following versions of SQL are suppoted by the ODBC Driver:

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

SQL Server Native Client 9.0 ODBC Driver supports the following Operating System:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or later
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or later
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server

Programs that are written using the SQL Native Client ODBC driver communicate with SQL Server through function calls

code

Include "Driver={SQL Native Client}" in the connection string to use this driver.

 Standard security

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Uid=urUsername;

Pwd=urPassword;

Trusted connection

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;

Trusted_Connection=yes;

Using SQL Server Instance

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=urServerName\theInstanceName;Database=urDataBase;

Trusted_Connection=yes;

Prompt for username and password

Syntax:

oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways
Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;

Encrypt data sent over network

Syntax:

 Driver={SQL Native Client};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;
 Trusted_Connection=yes;Encrypt=yes;

SQL Server Native Client 10.0 OLE DB Provider

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Native Client (SQL Native Client) is a single dynamic-link library (DLL) containing both the SQL OLE DB provider and SQL ODBC driver. Native Client should be used to create new applications or enhance existing applications that need to take advantage of new SQL Server 2008 features such as Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS), User-Defined Types (UDT), and XML data type support. While also providing new functionality above and beyond that supplied by the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC such as Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS), User-Defined Types (UDT), and XML data type support.

This redistributable installer for SQL Native Client installs the client components needed during run time to take advantage of new SQL Server 2005 features, and optionally installs the header files needed to develop an application that uses the SQL Native Client API.

Code

Include "Provider=SQLNCLI10" in the connection string to use this provider.

 Standard Security

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Uid=urUsername; 

Pwd=urPassword;

Trusted Connection

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase; Trusted_Connection=yes;

Using SQL Server Instance

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=urServerName\theInstanceName;Database=urDataBase;

Trusted_Connection=yes;     

Prompt for username and password

Syntax:

oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways
oConn.Open "Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=urServerAddress;DataBase=urDataBase;

Encrypt data sent over network

Syntax:

Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;Trusted_Connection=yes;

Encrypt=yes;

SQL Server Native Client 10.0 ODBC Driver

The SQL Server Native Client 10.0 driver supports connecting to SQL 7.0 and later.

SQL Server supports ODBC, via the SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver, as one of the native APIs for writing C, C++, and Microsoft Visual Basic applications that communicate with SQL Server. The SQL Server-specific versions of the ODBC functions are implemented in the SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver. The driver passes SQL statements to SQL Server and returns the results of the statements to the application.

Code

Include "Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0}" in the connection string to use this driver.

 Standard security

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;

Uid=urUsername;Pwd=urPassword;

Trusted Connection

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;

Trusted_Connection=yes;

Using SQL Server Instance

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Server Native Client10.0};Server=urServerName\theInstanceName;Database=

urDataBase;Trusted_Connection=yes;

Prompt for username and password

Syntax:

oConn.Properties("Prompt") = adPromptAlways
Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;

 Encrypt data sent over network

Syntax:

Driver={SQL Server Native Client10.0};Server=urServerAddress;Database=urDataBase;

Trusted_Connection=yes;Encrypt=yes;

SQL XML 4.0 OLE DB Provider

SQLXML 3.0 includes client-side XML processing, which converts a relational result set to a hierarchical XML document Format on the client-side eg:- If you call a SELECT FOR XML Query, with client-side XML formatting enabled, only the select statement (without the FOR XML) is passed to SQL Server. The row set is then converted to an XML document by SQLXML on the client workstation. It restricts the data provider to SQLOLEDB only.

Code

Include "Provider=SQLXMLOLEDB.3.0;Data Provider=sqloledb" in the connection string to use this provider.

Using SQL Server OLE DB

Syntax:

 Provider=SQLXMLOLEDB.3.0;Data Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;User Id=urUsername;Password=urPassword;

MSDataShape

MSDataShape is used to create hierarchial Recordsets, so that we can be able to browse relational data in a convenient way.

ADO support for data shaping enables you to query a data source and return a Recordset in which a (parent) record represents a (child) Recordset. data shaping in ADO allows you to create new Recordset objects without an underlying data source by using the NEW keyword to describe the fields of the parent and child Recordsets.

Code

Include "Provider=MSDataShape;Data Provider=providername" in the connection string to use this wrapper COM component.

MSDataShape

Syntax:

 Provider=MSDataShape;Data Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=urServerAddress;Initial Catalog=urDataBase;User ID=urUsername;Password=urPassword;
  


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