Ars Technica

VBA: Connection string results in "External table is not in the expected format"

I'm attempting to connect to an excel file using an ADO recordset. There is a column in this that I need the sum of for a report. I'm familiar with ADO connections, so I assumed this would be the most ...
Dark Reading

Black Hat DC: Researchers Reveal Connection String 'Pollution' Attack

WASHINGTON, DC -- Black Hat DC 2010 -- A pair of Spanish researchers here today demonstrated a way to hack the connection between a Web application and a database, letting the attacker hijack Web ...
Ars Technica

ASP.Net - where to store connection string

I vaguely remember this topic from awhile back. Maybe I dreamt it though...<BR><BR>How do you guys store your connection strings for ASP.Net? I currently develop on a test machine and then deploy to ...
InfoWorld

How to implement database connection resiliency in ASP.NET Core

Take advantage of connection resiliency in EF Core to detect errors and retry commands and enable your ASP.NET Core application to overcome transient faults. A high-quality application must be stable, ...
Computerworld

How to create SQL Server connection strings in Visual Studio

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...