... a SqlConnection object to connect to the database, // setting max pool size to 10 and min pool size to 5 SqlConnection mySqlConnection = new SqlConnection( "server=localhost ;database= Northwind;uid=sa;pwd=sa;" ... the connection string to the constructor SqlConnection mySqlConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString); // open the database connection using the // Open() method of the SqlConnection ... Using a SqlConnection Object to Connect to a SQL Server Database You create a SqlConnection object using the SqlConnection() constructor. This constructor is overloaded, meaning...