I have two seperate databases, one is production the other is test. Before LINQ, I could simply change the connection string to swtich db's. However, the string is read only, and I have no way to change the string.
How can I change the Connection String programmatically?
Edited for Clarity
Im using my.settings to store all of this inforomation
I'm trying to change my connection string to w/e the user wants. After a few tips here and there, this is what I've come up:
1: In my settings I've added - Name(login), Type(String), Scope(User), Value(Nothing)
2: Here is the code I'm using
Private Sub LoginForm1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Here I'm checking if the login in my.settings is there
'If not, I'm going to let the user choose what database
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The error I get is: Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0.here -
Dim con As New OleDbConnection(My.Settings.login)
When I have my con equal to when I added the datasource from it works.
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Is it possible to change the connectionstring at runtime???
I used the following code:
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Dim da As OleDbDataAdapter
Dim dt As New DataSet
Dim objConnection As OleDbConnection = New OleDb.OleDbConnection
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Private Sub btnSaveSettings_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSaveSettings.Click
Dim pap As New frmPap
My.Settings.dbLocation = txtSettings.Text
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Here is my dataset.xsd code
<Connections>
<Connection AppSettingsObjectName="MySettings" AppSettingsPropertyName="loginConnectionString1" IsAppSettingsProperty="true" Modifier="Assembly" Name="loginConnectionString1 (MySettings)"
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For the gist of the application:
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Private Sub adaptertest_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim DBConnStr As String = "Provider=TDOLEDB;Data Source=TDDEV;Persist Security
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Code:
Dim myConn As New SqlConnection(System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("ConnectionString"))
I added an .xsd file to my project using the IDE After that, I right-clicked and chose Add->Query I chose a dummy connection and then >SQL statement->Update Then I changed the Query's modifier to public
Dim ta As New dsCC2000TableAdapters.UpdatesTableAdapter
ta.UpdateQueryTest()
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I added an .xsd file to my project using the IDE After that, I right-clicked and chose Add->Query I chose a dummy connection and then >SQL statement->Update Then I changed the Query's modifier to public
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Friend Function GetValues(ByVal TableName As String, ByVal FieldName As String) As DataTable
Dim cn As New SqlConnection
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand[code].....
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character manipulation in a String.
How do you change characters in a particular string and set them to a particular value.
For eg. I want to change the third character of the string "hello" to Y = > i get "heYlo".
I tried using the Chars function but it says that the function is read only.