problem in connection string

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I am facing a problem when I declare datasource=.\sqlexpress" in connection string in C # 2008 in debugging it gives error
"unrecognized escape sequence" I am using SQL server 2005

Posted 3-Jul-10 8:15am

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Sandeep Mewara 3-Jul-10 16:43pm

Are you setting it through code or just defined in the config file?

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2010-07-03T08:31:00

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This might have something to do with the "\" character if you are setting a connetion string through the source code.
Just try @"datasource=.\sqlexpress" instead.

Posted 3-Jul-10 8:31am

Abhinav S

Updated 3-Jul-10 8:34am

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