title: What is the meaning of Initial Catalog in a Sql Server database connection string?
body: <p>I have the following connection string:</p>
  
  <pre><code>  connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;Initial Catalog=aspnet-WebUx-20121229234926;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnet-WebUx-20121229234926.mdf" 
    providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm using Entity Framework and now I would like to use Code Fist to create a new database. Can someone explain what is meant by:</p>
  
  <pre><code>aspnet-WebUx-20121229234926
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Could I just create any name here as long as it is the same as the name of the file that holds the data?</p>