# Connect to Database Dialog

Use to supply the user name and password to open an existing database connection.

You open this dialog box by right-clicking the database connection node in the Services window and choosing Connect.

Element | Description
--- | ---
User Name | Enter the user name for the database.
Password | Enter the password for the database.
Remember Password | Select if you want the IDE to remember your password. If selected, you will not be prompted for the user name and password on subsequent connections to the database and the Remember Password property is set to `True`. To set the Remember Password property to `False`, right-click the database connection node in the Services window and choose Properties. Modify the Remember Password property. Note that you can do this only when the connection you are modifying is in the disconnected state. When the connection is enabled, you cannot change this property.

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