Microsoft KB Archive/306724

= INFO: &quot;Encrypt&quot; Has Been Added to the SqlConnection Keywords =

Article ID: 306724

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft ADO.NET 1.0

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This article was previously published under Q306724



This article refers to the following Microsoft .NET Framework Class Library namespace:
 * System.Data.SqlClient



SUMMARY
Support for the keyword &quot;encrypt&quot; has been added to the SqlConnection ConnectionString property.



MORE INFORMATION
In order to add explicit support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption between the Microsoft SQL Server server and the client, the SqlConnection object has been extended to support the use of the keyword &quot;encrypt&quot; in the ConnectionString property.

Valid values for this keyword are: true, false, yes, and no.

The following are examples of how to use the keyword &quot;encrypt.&quot;

Note In the following sample code, you must change uid=  and pwd=  to the correct values. Make sure that the user ID has the appropriate permissions to perform this operation on the database. ' Visual Basic .NET Dim con As New SqlConnection(&quot;server=MachineX;uid=UserName;pwd=StrongPassword;encrypt=yes&quot;)

// Visual C# .NET SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(&quot;server=MachineX;uid=UserName;pwd=StrongPassword;encrypt=yes&quot;);

// JScript .NET var con:SqlConnection = new SqlConnection(&quot;server=MachineX;uid=UserName;pwd=StrongPassword;encrypt=yes&quot;);

// Visual C++ SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(&quot;server=MachineX;uid=UserName;pwd=StrongPassword;encrypt=yes&quot;); NOTE:
 * SSL encryption is only supported if the SQL Server computer has a valid certificate installed.
 * The default value is false.

