Just the server name and maybe the database name. The authentication info such as id and password, you would want that in your app.



>So, I'd have the connection string in a file or the registry entry, then when I start my app I'd read it from it and replace the one in the connection with DBSETPROP( "myconnection", "connection", "ConnectString", lcConnString) ??? Am I right???
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>>Hardcoding the string is one way to go. Alternatively, you could use an Ini file, registry entry, XML file, or a Fox table for that matter.
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>>As a practical matter, I would not hardcode the string since at a minimum, one would want to change the name of the server to accomodiate testing and other locations.