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Connection string location
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28/03/2008 15:08:44
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Client/server
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01306466
Message ID:
01306593
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I used to store them with other config stuff in a local DBF but now use a Web.Config-ish XML file to store connstrgs.

>Just curious, out of all you who have done client/server apps, how does your client access the connection string most of the time? Do you have the app read a config, file, the registry, a local .ini type file, and do you give them the option to type one in?
>
>What is the most common way to get the connection string for the client app to connect to a local Sql Server or Express or a remote server is I guess what I am asking.
>
>Thanks,
>
>MW
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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