Martin Reid
mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk
Wed Nov 26 13:17:28 CST 2003
Will do. I know the three databases that may be used. One is alive database, other two are test copies. Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com> To: <dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer]SWAP DBs > Is this a general question, or do you know the list of possible > connections in advance? If the latter, just create a specific connection > to each, then examine the strings. You can write a SELECT CASE block to > deal with them in a few seconds. If the former, create a couple of > connections to various alternatives and examine the connection strings. > It's not difficult to parse them. Look for semi-colons and keywords. You > might want to write the results into a table to eliminate future parsing > of the string (i.e. every time the user "creates" a new connection, you > parse it, write its pieces to the table and thereafter use that). > > Hth, > Arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin > Reid > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:21 AM > To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: [dba-SQLServer]SWAP DBs > > > I need to be able to swap into different databases from Access. > > Anyone have an example of swapping the connection to point to another > SQL Server DB > > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >