当我在客户端PC中安装连接字符串时，我需要在c＃应用程序中编辑连接字符串吗，如果可以，我该怎么做？

Question

I have created a software in C#, using SQL Databases (SQL server). and I'm planning to deploy it and use SQL Server Compact instead of installing SQL server in the client PC .

and it seems that i need to replace the connection string in my code so it contain the name of the client PC . (I'm not sure 100% ).

so if i have to change it how can i do it , and is there is any way to generate the connection string and change it in my code automatically when i install my app or after i install it in other PC's .

thank you .

Answer 1

Add the connection string to the App.Config and get the code to get the connection string from the App.Config. That way, when releasing to any environment, just change the value in the one place.

Answer 2

You should code the connection string so that it can be dynamic, as opposed to making it hard-coded in the config. Passing a connection string in code before your db call is trivial.