Re: ConnectionString questions

[Gabriela Martinez]

Kerry,

The behavior in these cases depends on the server configuration. Since there are some default values in a connection string there might be cases when the connection actually can be established. If the server value is empty then a localhost name is used. When the user id is empty also there are cases when a user can have an empty name and no password. Although this is not the best practice. And finally the database is not a required value since there are cases when a connection doesn't have to be done to a particular database.

This is why not always an exception is thrown and it all depends on the configuration.

Hope this helps.