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|    Bob Barrows to Tony    |
|    Re: test connection to a database withou    |
|    15 Nov 11 09:15:16    |
      From: reb01501@NOyahooSPAM.com              Tony wrote:       > Hello!       >       > I do the following.       > 1.Right click on Data Connection in Server Explorer and choose Add       > connection       > 2. In the Data Source I select Microsoft SQL Server (SqlClient)       > 3.In server name I enter localhost       > 4. I select Use Window Authentication       > 5. I click on Test Connection and the result is Test connection       > succeeded       >       > Now to my question I really don't understand how this is possible to       > test a connection       > without specifying any database ?       > Can somebody explain that.       >       It uses the default database for the login (every login has a default       database that defaults to master if none is chosen when the login is       created)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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