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Hello,

We have several asp.net pages (.aspx) that access SQL server. Currently, we
use a connection string like this:

Conn=New SqlConnection("Server=servername;uid=id;pwd=password;database=db")

Is there a way to have the connection string (the part in quotes) included
from another file?

The reason I ask is, in the future, we will move the SQL data to another
machine and thus, a different connect string will be needed. It would be
nice to only change one file instead of every page that needs the
connection.

I know include files are commonly used all the time, but I'm not familiar
with how to only include one line at this location.

Any insight would be helpful.

Thank you

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Shiva

How about storing the connection string in the web.config file? And access
it when required?

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Hello,

We have several asp.net pages (.aspx) that access SQL server. Currently, we
use a connection string like this:

Conn=New SqlConnection("Server=servername;uid=id;pwd=password;database=db")

Is there a way to have the connection string (the part in quotes) included
from another file?

The reason I ask is, in the future, we will move the SQL data to another
machine and thus, a different connect string will be needed. It would be
nice to only change one file instead of every page that needs the
connection.

I know include files are commonly used all the time, but I'm not familiar
with how to only include one line at this location.

Any insight would be helpful.

Thank you

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David Wier

Exactly - - like this:
<appSettings>
<add key="MyDBConnection"
value="server=YourServer;uid=Username;pwd=Password;database=DBName" />
</appSettings>
Then:
Dim myConnection As SqlConnection = New
SqlConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("MyDBConnection"))

David Wier
MCP, MVP ASP.NET, ASPInsider
http://aspnet101.com
http://aspexpress.com

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Ahh,

I hadn't thought of that, I'll give it a try.

Thank you

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	System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings
	System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection

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