+4  A: 

www.connectionstrings.com is your friend here. You will find a large explanation on almost any connection string that you can think of.

Kane  2010-03-31 21:28:55
Wow ... what a can of worms! Thank you for the direction.
Hamish Grubijan  2010-03-31 21:30:20
posted 1 minute before me!
sunpech  2010-03-31 21:31:02
You snooze - you lose ;)
Hamish Grubijan  2010-04-04 00:32:34
+1  A: 

A good resource you may want to read up on is: connectionstrings.com

sunpech  2010-03-31 21:30:20

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