Reply To: Is it possible to open an Encrypted SQL Server Compat Edition Database file? Andrew Jackson ~ Modified: August 6th, 2015 ~ ~ 1 Minute Reading Home › Forums › Is it possible to open an Encrypted SQL Server Compat Edition Database file? › Reply To: Is it possible to open an Encrypted SQL Server Compat Edition Database file? August 6, 2015 at 6:21 am #428 Score: 0 Andrew JacksonModerator Karma: 1 pt Use the following Data Source “C:\temp\database.sdf;Password=mypassword” to open an encrSQL Server Compact edition file but you must know the password and add that to the connection string. Search