What is a connection string?

A "connection string" is what you provide to Contract Eagle to tell it how to access your database.

It specifies the following kinds of information:

• What type of database you have.
• The location of the database ie. what server it is on.
• The name and password used to access the database.

Do I need to know how to create a connection string?

No. The Contract Eagle Setup Assistant will build it for you, however if you have the technical knowledge to work with connection strings then you may update it yourself.

What does it look like

The following is an example which connects to the SQL Server database:

Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=contracteagle;Data Source=CEDATA\PROD2K8;User Id=ceapp;Password=sqdaswlek*!;