connection string

[Ahmed Khallaf]

i made a chat program in c# and connect it to a local access database, can i put this database on a server on the internet so can people connect to it by the program , if i can what is the connection string? i used this connection string to connect to access database: @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=FileName"

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[tom572007]

You will find all the possible connection stringd herehere You will find in visual studio in the server explorer panel a property wich define your connection string... regards

[sitowxh]

webservice

[Dave Kreskowiak]

And what everybody isn't telling you is that Access is a FILE BASED, desktop database. The only way to get at that database, directly, is to expose your server's file share directly to the Internet. This is about the dumbest thing you can do. Your server will be a smoldering pile of scrap in less than 24 hours. To insultate the server as much as possible so the idiot on the web won't destroy your server, you need to expose the methods that your chat app needs in a web service and have it do all the database work needed.

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