[dba-SQLServer]Auto Supply Connection strings and passwords to controls on forms(VB6 & SQL)

I resolved it by doing the following:

	- The app has a logon screen that has UID, PWD, SRV, DB, and
Network Library.  All values are "memorizable" except for the password
(SaveSetting/GetSetting)
	- If logon successful, - I check for the presence of a specific
set of objects in the database that was specified at the logon.  If this
set is missing or incomplete, - app terminates, otherwise you're in.

The ConnectionString gets built based on values mentioned for the logon
screen and become part of clsADO class that controls all data-related
activity.  Once I implemented this very simple "architecture", I never
worry about where my back-end lives.  All the user needs to do is
specify new server and new database (if different) to be able to connect
along with their new user ID and new password (again, if different).
The next time they logon only the password needs to be retyped.

	Robert Djabarov
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-----Original Message-----
From: paul.hartland at fsmail.net [mailto:paul.hartland at fsmail.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:07 AM
To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com; accessd at databaseadvisors.com;
dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-SQLServer]Auto Supply Connection strings and passwords to
controls on forms(VB6 & SQL)

To all,

I have a VB6 application which looks at a SQL Server 7 database (which
is on a development server), and I am using a mixture of DataEnvironment
and ADO Controls for the application.  However when it's finshed It will
be moved to the live server so that everyone can gain access to it.  The
problem being that when I move to the live server I will have to
remember to change all the ADO controls and the DataEnvironment
connection manually (I don't want to have to do this if I can help it).

What I thought of doing is have a table consisting of the
ConnectionString, Username & Password and then a table of all the form
names and ADO Controls, and somehow looping through the tables and
setting the connections automatically.  This is where I am stuck, I have
created the tables and entered the connection strings etc, and I can do
the loop which will loop through the records, but I don;t know how to
set the connection strings, using the form names and ADO Controls from
the tables.

Am I being stupid in doing it this way ?

Is there a better way to do this ?

Can anyone help on this, as the application is almost finished.....?

Thanks for any help in advance....

Paul Hartland


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