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Symbols in connectionstring initial catalog

Hi All

I have inherited a database the name of which inculdes a "&" symbol. How do I reference this in the connectionstring of my asp.net web.config?

I'm sure it's a simple solution.

Hopefully

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Substituting & for the & should work.

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