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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)   
      
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