This is VERY fragile code. Make it far more robust when you use it in your own application. using System.Data.SqlClient; . . . string connectionStr = "server=mssql1.myregisteredsite.com; database=jbond; user id=jbond; password=@bl75$WL"; SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connectionStr); conn.Open(); SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(); cmd.CommandText = "Insert into Test (tn) values ('Alan')"; cmd.Connection = conn; cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();