That's kind of what I said ;-)
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis > McGrath > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:04 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Create a connection string > > Wow! > > Dennis McGrath > Software Developer > QMI Security Solutions > 1661 Glenlake Ave > Itasca IL 60143 > 630-980-8461 > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MikeB > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:21 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Create a connection string > > Here is a Very useful tip I found to create a connection string for any > DB quickly without having to go search the web, etc. > > > to quickly generate a connection string you may use the following > trick: > > fire up a command prompt in whatever writeable folder, enter "copy con > test.udl" (w/o quotes) hit enter, F6, enter > > enter "test.udl" (yes the file you just created), you'll now see a > dialog which will allow you to configure a database connection; select > and fill the various options/parameters, test the connection and once > all is ok, click the Ok button > > now open the file "test.udl" using notepad (or whatever editor capable > of handling unicode) and your connection string will be right there :)
