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Sql Connection Strings in .Config Files vs. Source Control
February 27, 2013 @ 12:18 pm

Connection strings in projects under source control can be problematic. Each Source Control user can potentially have different connection settings to use a database connection and these differences can't be easily reconciled via Source Control. Here are a couple of approaches that have worked for me to deal with this issue.

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