Unable to find where my database file and connection string is located?

Question

i downloaded a demo application from http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Authorization-based-aa2c0185/view/SourceCode

I run it on my Visual Studio and all worked fine. There is a database ASPNETDB.MDF in its App_Data folder which is used to store the user information or retrieve information for login purpose.

Now what I want is to change this database with another database in my SQL Server.

For that there can be two ways :

• Locate the connection string etc. for ASPNETDB and change them with my own database.

• or add this ASPNETDB file to SQL Server by attaching. But its showing error while attaching it.

Also if I exclude App_Data folder from project...Then even it works...

Where can find connection string for DB? I want to change the DB with mine own ?

Please Help

Thanks

Answer 1

It's using default connection string from machine.config:

<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated  Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>