How to create Database connection?

Hi,

I am wondering how to make connection with the database I have selected, please provide me some guides about how to make connection with less complexities, I have a portal and a Database at Backend, I am little bit confused where to starts from.

Thank, any help would be appreciated.

To make a connection with database follow the steps:

1. Click New Connection.
2. The Connection Properties dialog box appears.
3. In Server Name, type or click the name of the server to which you want to connect.
4. To use your Microsoft Windows credentials to log on to the server, click Use Windows Authentication.
5. To use SQL Server authentication to log on to the server, click Use SQL Server Authentication, and then type your user name and password in User name and Password.
6. In Connect to a Database, type or click the name of the database to which you want to connect.
7. (optional) You can click Advanced to configure advanced connection properties.
8. (optional) You can click Test Connection to verify that you can connect to the database by using the specified connection information.
9. Click OK to create the connection.

Hope this solve your problem.

You can also follow the following link:

http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...ion_String.htm

http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/tutorials/create_dbc.htm

Thanks.