Embedding connection strings in your application's code can lead to security vulnerabilities and maintenance problems. Unencrypted connection strings compiled into an application's source code can be ...

A connection string contains initialization information that is passed as a parameter from a data provider to a data source. The syntax depends on the data provider, and the connection string is ...

A connection to a database is a resource intensive operation that typically comprises a few steps. A channel of communication between the application and the database should be established before the ...

Hello Friends, In this blog we will try to understand what exactly ADO.NET/ Entity Framework connection pooling is? And we will also go through some important points related to connection pooling. So ...

Creating an ADO.NET connection object takes very little time -- creating a connection at the database, however, is terrifically time consuming. Fortunately, .NET, Windows and your database engine will ...

Abstract: Part of securing an ADO.NET application involves ensuring that highly sensitive information (such as the user name, password, connection string, and encryption keys) is not stored in a ...

Faster performance in business applications comes down to reducing the "critical two" -- disk I/O and trips to the server. Doing that means doing a lot of things right, starting with your database ...