Francisco H Tapia
my.lists at verizon.net
Thu Jul 24 10:59:32 CDT 2003
I second Arthur's suggestion along w/ maybe get a little bit of sleep ;o). Having constants w/ the connection string is so nice cuz you can modify the connection string in one place only. -Francisco http://rcm.netfirms.com On Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:48 AM [GMT-8], Arthur Fuller <artful at rogers.com> wrote: : Although retrofitting it might be a little work, why don't you define : the connection string as a constant? Then you could find and replace : all the literal occurrences : : "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." : -- Benjamin Franklin : : -----Original Message----- : From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com : [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of : paul.hartland at fsmail.net : Sent: July 23, 2003 10:07 AM : To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com; accessd at databaseadvisors.com; : dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com : Subject: [dba-VB] [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 : : : __________________________________________________________________________ : Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ : : Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association awards for : Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application. : : : _______________________________________________ : dba-SQLServer mailing list : dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com : http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver : http://www.databaseadvisors.com : : _______________________________________________ : dba-VB mailing list : dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com : http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb : http://www.databaseadvisors.com : : _______________________________________________ : dba-SQLServer mailing list : dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com : http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver : http://www.databaseadvisors.com