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I have created simple database table in Visual Studio 2015 called Users and updated it.

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I want to connect it with my project, so after I fill in my text fields and press 'Sign Up' button, it can get saved to database. I am aware that I'll have to use string connections and other stuff to connect it, but how do I first connect this project with web.config ?

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I have seen people dragging this table to Registration form code, so it would automatically create a connection with web-config, but it didn't work for me.

How do I reference my database from web.config correctly ?

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  • Depends where your database is stored. Is it sitting in your solution somewhere? Commented Apr 26, 2017 at 15:38
  • I'm not sure if I understand your question, but I created table in Visual Studio using SQL Database. I haven't used sql management studio. If that's what you mean. Commented Apr 26, 2017 at 15:40
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    It's not. When you create a database, the MDF file; which is your database (as shown in your screenshot), is stored somewhere. The connection string would need to know where that file is. Commented Apr 26, 2017 at 15:49

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Right-click on MyDatabase.mdf and in the properties panel you will see the Connection String. Copy that into the web config in the ConnectionStrings node:

  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="MyDatabase" connectionString="[Paste Connection String Here]"/>
  </connectionStrings>
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Thanks, that was it! Also apologizes to the @KSib, I've just started ASP.NET so don't understand quite lot of terms. : )

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