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When connecting to a data source using ADO (and ADO.NET), you must supply a connection string. It can be difficult to create the connection string without having to look up some reference, and even then, it's hard to create the connection string without typing something incorrectly. There are many different parts to the connection string you may or may not need depending on the system you're connecting to, and it's hard to get things set up correctly when you type the string by hand. But there is a solution to this dilemma. Find out the answer here.