error in connecting access database in c++ program

Question

i am getting error "security issue : the connection string may contain a password"

i want to connect access database with my c++ program using ODBC. i am using visual studio 2008.

following are the steps what i have done to create this created simple access database (testdb.mdb) and added user dsn(test) then created mfc application in database support i selected database view with file support and selected odbc and cliked button data source and selected my created dsn(test)

now when i build this that above error occurs what shoul i do ?

Answer 1

just remove the line

#error Security Issue: The connection string may contain a password

from the generated header file.

it is there just to make you aware of that it is not good to have hardcoded passwords in your code.