'instance failure' error while connection string is correct

Question

I have following code on page load event:

 Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        con = New Sq         


        

Answer 1

The root cause is Regular literal ("Backslash: \") and Verbatim literal ("@"Backslash: \"") . Reference https://csharpindepth.com/Articles/Strings