title: Proxy for SQL Server?
body: <p>I have a desktop application for Windows, written in .net, which acts as a client to a remote SQL Server hosted at our company. Basically the application queries SQL Server (via Linq to Sql) and displays the results. </p>
  
  <p>Now someone asked me to add <em>proxy support</em> to the application, because he does not always have an internet connection on his laptop. He wants to do like in Internet Explorer, where he goes to </p>
  
  <pre><code>Tools &gt; Internet options &gt; Connections &gt; LAN settings &gt; Use a proxy server
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and there he types the address of his proxy server.</p>
  
  <p>My questions are: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>does this request even make sense for SQL Server? I mean, this is not HTTP, I think there is a different protocol for SQL Server. Will his proxy support this?</p></li>
  <li><p>where do I start? What code must I change? How does the code look like?</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>