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cannot open database: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\SQLBookEvaluation.mdf requested by the login. The login failed. Login failed for user 'KNIGHT07\Mousa

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<Connection> data source=localhost\sqlexpress;initial catalog= dbSQLBookEvaluation;Integrated Security=True;
</Connection> 

Imports System.Data.SqlClient 
Imports System.Xml 

Public Class ConnectBookEvalSQL 
    ' Dim bookEvalConString As String 
    ' Dim conBookEvaluation As New SqlClient.SqlConnection 

    Public Shared Function GetConnection() As SqlConnection 
        Return New SqlConnection(GetConnectionString) 
    End Function 

    Private Shared Function GetConnectionString() As String 

        Dim xmlReader As New XmlTextReader("csSQLBookEvaluation.xml") 
        Return xmlReader.ReadElementString("Connection") 

    End Function 
End Class