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title: "MS SQL SERVER 2008r2 connection with Visual studio 2012"  
description: "MS SQL SERVER 2008r2 connection with Visual studio 2012"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2013-12-09  
updated: 2013-12-10  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1752/ms-sql-server-2008r2-connection-with-visual-studio-2012  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# MS SQL SERVER 2008r2 connection with Visual studio 2012

[SqlConnection](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1209/sqlconnection-sqlcommand-sqldatareader-idisposable) con = new SqlConnection("[Data](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13050/salesforce-aiming-to-dominate-predictive-analytics-with-data-science) [source](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/840/what-happens-if-the-both-source-and-destination-are-named-same)=BIMESH-PC\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=LibrSystem;[integrated](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33532/handler-pagehandlerfactory-integrated-has-a-bad-module-managedpipelinehandler-in-its-module-list) [security](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43813/new-security-technologies)=[true](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81326/boycott-chinese-products-dream-will-come-true)");

In this [code](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85458/alan-turing-the-mastermind-behind-cracking-the-enigma-code-during-world-war-ii) the [escape](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/98969/jungle-run-temple-escape-is-better-than-temple-run) [sequence](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34504/difference-between-identity-vs-sequence) is not acceptable.....

please rectify this code....

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

Hi Ankit,\

You could try either

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(@"Data source=BIMESH-PC\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=LibrSystem;integrated security=true");

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data source=BIMESH-PC\\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=LibrSystem;integrated security=true");


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