http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/tags/sql/default.aspxTags: sqlen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2009/05/02/solution-to-the-format-of-the-initialization-string-does-not-conform-to-specification-starting-at-index-0-exception.aspxSun, 03 May 2009 02:09:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9584067jongallant2http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/9584067.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9584067http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9584067You are probably using the wrong DbConnection class. If you are using Access then make sure you use OleDbConnection, not SqlConnection…and vice versa. Alternatively you could be referencing your MDB file wrong. Here’s the proper way: &lt;connectionStrings&gt;...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2009/05/02/solution-to-the-format-of-the-initialization-string-does-not-conform-to-specification-starting-at-index-0-exception.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9584067" width="1" height="1">solutionc#.netsqlaccesshttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/08/15/new-sql-server-date-datatypes-date-time-datetime2-datetimeoffset.aspxFri, 15 Aug 2008 17:46:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8869794jongallant3http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/8869794.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8869794http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8869794Great video on the new Date DataTypes in in Sql T-SQL Enhancements and Date/Time SQL Server 2008 introduces new date and time data types: DATE – a date only type; TIME – a time only type; DATETIMEOFFSET – a timezone-aware datetime type; DATETIME2 – a...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/08/15/new-sql-server-date-datatypes-date-time-datetime2-datetimeoffset.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8869794" width="1" height="1">sqlsql server 2008http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/04/17/short-and-sweet-silverlight-2-0-linq-and-wcf-in-5-minutes-video.aspxThu, 17 Apr 2008 19:39:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8403701jongallant6http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/8403701.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8403701http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8403701Download Source This is the first video in my new "Short and Sweet" video series. I'm going to continue with Silverlight, LINQ and WCF path for the series. Please ping me if you have an idea for a future video. This video takes you through the minimum...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2008/04/17/short-and-sweet-silverlight-2-0-linq-and-wcf-in-5-minutes-video.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8403701" width="1" height="1">asp.netc#.netsqlsilverlightlinqvideoshttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2007/05/08/msdn-technet-is-hiring-full-time-web-developers.aspxWed, 09 May 2007 07:04:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2494733jongallant0http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/2494733.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2494733http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2494733Here's a great opportunity to come work for Microsoft! Come help us build out the next Web 2.0 version of MSDN and TechNet. We are looking for very sharp top-notch devs that are up on AJAX, ASP.NET, SilverLight, C#, SQL. From Sam 's blog I need somone...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2007/05/08/msdn-technet-is-hiring-full-time-web-developers.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2494733" width="1" height="1">job postingsc#sqlclrmsdn/technethttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2007/01/30/how-to-convert-xmldocument-to-xmlreader-for-sqlxml-data-type.aspxTue, 30 Jan 2007 20:10:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1557903jongallant9http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/comments/1557903.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1557903http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1557903The SqlXml datatype constructor only accepts a Stream or XmlReader, if you have an XmlDocument in memory (go with stream if you have it) then you can easily convert to a SqlXml compatible stream with the XmlNodeReader class. XmlNodeReader implements IDisposable,...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2007/01/30/how-to-convert-xmldocument-to-xmlreader-for-sqlxml-data-type.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1557903" width="1" height="1">c#sqlsql server 2008sqlxml