EncryptedPassword connection parameter [ENP]

To provide a password, stored in an encrypted fashion in a data source.

Anywhere. (DSN and FILEDSN connection parameters do not support verbose form of keyword.)

String

None

Data sources are stored on disk as a file or in the registry. Storing passwords on disk may present a security problem. For this reason, when you enter a password into a data source, it is stored in an encrypted form.

If both Password and EncryptedPassword are specified, Password takes precedence.