>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?
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>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.
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>Thanks,
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>MW

No where if local or intranet, encrpyted XML if remote is my preference.
Cetin