Specify a Connection String
On this wizard page, specify a connection string. Additionally, this page requires you to specify whether or not to store the connection string in the application’s configuration file.
Note
When specifying a custom connection string in the Data Source wizard, the password is obscured with asterisk characters (their number does not correspond to the actual length of the password).
Click Next to proceed to the next wizard page.
- If the current Entity Framework model provides stored procedures, go to the Bind to a Stored Procedure page.
- Otherwise, proceed to the Select a Data Member page.