how to access databases of other machine in LAN based application in C#

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My application is in C#,WPF,VS2008 and it is LAN application where one machine is server and other 15 machine are client..my database is MS access which on server machine and all client can acess that database..then what path shgould i provide in client application...in this section..

conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\Software Development\vishal_wpf\vishal_WPF\MT_2008_WPF\MT_SERVER\MT.mdb";

this D drive is on server machine where server application is running..what path should i provide in client application in this connection string...

Posted 3-Jun-11 20:33pm

vishal_h

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-06-03T20:38:00

Solution 1

You need to provide the network location to the server -
Data Source=\\serverName\shareName\folder\myDatabase.mdb.

Posted 3-Jun-11 20:38pm

Abhinav S

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vishal_h 4-Jun-11 2:45am

thnk you..is it right sir whether i am correct..
Server name means the machine name where server application running..
share name i didnt understand..
folder means whithin that database inside in server machine..

Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub · Answer 2 · 2011-06-03T21:21:00

Solution 2

in your case use:

Source=\\Server Name\D:\Software Development\vishal_wpf\vishal_WPF\MT_2008_WPF\MT_SERVER\MT.mdb";

Posted 3-Jun-11 21:21pm

Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub

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vishal_h 4-Jun-11 4:45am

thank you sir..but if i want to deploy that application on client machine and client doesnt have D:\drive ..means what standrd path should i provide..it is right if i provide path like.. string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ApplicationBase ; conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="+path +@"\info.mdb";