Connect to Server (Connection Properties Page) Database Engine

Options

• Connect to database
  Select a database to connect to from the list. If you select <default>, you will be connected to the default database for the server. If you select <Browse server>, you can browse the server for the database to which to connect.

  When connecting to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine through SQL Azure Database, you must use SQL Server Authentication and specify a database in the Connect to Server dialog box, on the Connection Properties tab. Ensure that you select the Encrypt connection checkbox.

  By default, SQL Server connects to master. If you specify a user database, you will only see that database and its objects in Object Explorer. If you connect to master, you will be able to see all databases. For more information, see the SQL Azure Overview.

• Network protocol
  Select a protocol from the list. The available client protocols are those that you configured using the Client Network Configuration in Computer Management.

• Network packet size
  Enter the size of the network packets to be sent. The default is 4096 bytes.

• Connection timeout
  Enter the number of seconds to wait for a connection to be established before timing out. The default value is 15 seconds.

• Execution timeout
  Enter the amount of time in seconds to wait before execution of a task is completed on the server. The default value is zero seconds, which indicates there is no time-out.

• Encrypt connection
  Forces encryption of the connection.

• Use custom color
  Select to specify the background color for the status bar in a Database Engine Query Editor window. To specify the color, click Select. In the Color dialog box, select a predefined color from the Basic Colors grid or click Define Custom Colors to define and use a custom color.

  • When you specify a color for a server entry in the Object Explorer pane, that color is used when you open a Query Editor window. To open a Query Editor window, either right-click the server entry and select New Query; or, when the Object Explorer pane is active and focused on this server, click New Query on the toolbar.

  • When you specify a color for a server entry in the Registered Servers pane, that color is used when you open a Query Editor window. To open a Query Editor window, either right-click the server entry and select New Query; or, when the Registered Server pane is active and focused on this server, click New Query on the toolbar.

  • On the File menu, when you click New and then Database Engine Query, the color you that you specify in the Connect to Server dialog box applies to that Query Editor window.

• Reset All
  Replace all manually entered connection property values with their defaults.

• Connect
  Attempt a connection using the listed values.

• Options
  Click to change the dialog box and hide the additional server connection options, such as remembering the password.

• Test
  When registering Database Engine in Registered Servers, click to test the connection.

• Save
  Saves the settings in Registered Servers.

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