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I'm new to ASP.NET WEB API. I'm trying to create APIs that have connections to a database. For example like login method or add data to a database. But when I tried to search for example tutorial, I couldn't find an example which has a connection string inside it.

My questions are :

  1. How do I set my connection string to my database? (i.e. user name and password)
  2. Can I connect to a database which is not in my localhost? (i.e. another server)

If anyone could explain to me about ASP.NET WEB API that has a connection with database, I would really appreciate it.

**Im using visual studio 2012 right now. the database that I would use is MSSQL.

Thx

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1. how do i set my connection string to my database? for example my username and password? : Its better put your connections string in the webconfig, so you can change it when you need How to: Read Connection Strings from the Web.config File

2. Can i connect to a database which is not in my localhost (for example in another server): Of course, but first, you need to choose what technology use to access database, you can use Entity Framework, Classic ADO.NET, NHibernate, for example with Entity Framework read: Entity Framework (EF) Documentation, also read: Using Web API 2 with Entity Framework 6

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