Connection Strings For VB.NET


Connection string for SQL Server

Standard format

Server=<YourServerName>; Initial Catalog=<YourDatabseName>; UserId=<YourUserName>; Password=<YourPassword>;


Connection to a SQL Server instance

Server=<YourServerName/YourInstanceName>;Initial Catalog=<YourDatabseName>; UserId=<YourUserName>; Password=<YourPassword>;


Connect using an IP address

Data Source=194.172.200.100,1433;Network Library=DBMSSOCN;Initial Catalog=<YourDataBase>;User ID=<YourUserName>;Password=<YourPassword>;


Connection string for MySQL

Standard format

Server=<YourServerAddress>; Database=<YourDataBase>; Uid=<YourUsername>; Pwd=<YourPassword>;

Using TCP port

Server=<YourServerAddress>; Port=1234; Database=<YourDataBase>; Uid=<YourUsername>; Pwd=<YourPassword>;

Multiple servers


Server=serverAddress1, serverAddress2, serverAddress3; Database=<YourDataBase>;
 Uid=<YourUsername>; Pwd=<YourPassword>;

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