Anybody Know of a Control for Building .NET SqlConnection Strings?

I'm looking for a Windows Forms control or dialog used to both parse and build connection strings by walking the user though selecting a server, database, etc...

If you know of such a control, please provide a comment. I've been able to build OLEDB connection strings using the Microsoft OLE DB type library, but it only produces OLEDB connection string. I want a dialog or control that can walk a user into building a valid connection string like:

Server=localhost;Database=SubtextData;Trusted_Connection=True

Thanks!

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Victor Boctor May 08, 2005 4:12 PM

# re: Anybody Know of a Control for Building .NET SqlConnection Strings?

In .NET 2.0 there is the DbConnectionStringBuilder base class which allows you to generate/parse/modify connection strings. It is not a control however.

The following db specific classes are derived from DbConnectionStringBuilder:
- System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnectionStringBuilder
- System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionStringBuilder
- System.Data.OracleClient.OracleConnectionStringBuilder
- System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionStringBuilder

Regards,
Victor.