Re: connectionstring
From: Sahil Malik (contactmethrumyblog_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/06/04
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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:55:23 -0500
> where MACHINE001 is your computer name (assumes you're running e.g. SQL
> Server locally - i.e. not a remote host).
She's using Access
- Sahil Malik
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"bsalmonsson" <bsalmonsson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> A good connection string in web.config would be something like this:
>
> <add key="dsn" value="Data Source=MACHINE001;integrated
> security=SSPI;initial catalog="MyDatabaseName />
>
> where MACHINE001 is your computer name (assumes you're running e.g. SQL
> Server locally - i.e. not a remote host).
> Integrated security=SSPI means that you're using Windows authentication
(i.e.
> you're authenticated with the database by the user name and password you
> use to sign in to Windows - note that your Database server must be
installed
> at installation with Windows authentication too)
>
> Initial catalog is a fancy term for the name of the database you want to
> access
> (there can be more than one depending on the database server). In this
case
> we're saying that we're accessing a database called MyDatabaseName.
>
> Already then...
>
> "Sahil Malik" wrote:
>
> > Rajani,
> >
> > In framework 2.0 there is a deprecated class (that used to be internal
in
> > 1.1) called DbConnectionString. However there is a better alternative in
2.0
> > only that should be used - DbConnectionStringBuilder. Though I have
heard
> > plusses and minuses of using such a class - I would personally always
use
> > connectionstring only for the reason that it is plain and simple bytes
that
> > I can change easily - if it were a class, I'd have to set such
properties in
> > code, or have to write code to convert a connectionstring to code - plus
you
> > can write the connectionstring on a peice of paper, tie it do your dog's
> > collar and ask him to run to another server - but an object is harder to
> > serialize - anyway that is just my view.
> >
> > Secondly - you can get around the problem below by using a DSN or a
virtual
> > path. You can then use System.Configuration to read the web.config
entries.
> > However the real problem is that access is not well suited to an asp.net
> > application. Instead you should look into MSDE - it is free and it is
almost
> > like sql server with a few restrictions - but still better than access
for a
> > multi user environment.
> >
> > - Sahil Malik
> > http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik
> >
> >
> >
> > "Rajani" <Rajani@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A7040976-286E-45B4-BA6A-BC73D759C9E3@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am new to dotNET. I want to connect to MSAccess DB from ASP.NET I
want
> > > to seperate connectionstring and open the connection just as an object
and
> > > properties. I am not able to do that. How can i do?
> > > In every page i want to connect to DB and no need to specify
> > > connectionstring in every page.
> > >
> > > And, how can i set the connectionstring in web.config file?
> > >
> > > <appSettings>
> > > <add key="appconnection" value="Provider=....;data source=????>
> > >
> > > Here we must specify physical path. But with web always must specify
> > > virtual
> > > path. How can i set server.mappath here?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > </appSettings>
> >
> >
> >
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