# withConnectionReference

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.SqlDatabaseProjects](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.sqldatabaseprojects.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire)

Publishes the SQL Server database project to a connection string resource.

## Definition

```typescript
interface SqlProjectResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withConnectionReference(target: IResourceWithConnectionString): SqlProjectResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `target` (`IResourceWithConnectionString`)

## Returns

[SqlProjectResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.sqldatabaseprojects/sqlprojectresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [SqlProjectResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.sqldatabaseprojects/sqlprojectresource.md)