Switching between test and production databases

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Hello!

I have a question about how to change between test and production databases in a windows forms app. So I built an app that inserts cerain values in a test database (reads someting from an xml and writes the resoults in the DB). I access the database thrugh the dataset(I draged the table from database connectino in VS onto the sufrace of the dataset). My question is, is there a way to switch betwen the production and test DB without having to create a new table, dataset or worse, an entire new app. I read something about just switching ConnectionStrings (initial catalog), although it does not throw an error nothing happenes in the database I specified.

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Posted 19-Nov-12 23:53pm

pykos

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Mohd. Mukhtar · Answer 1 · 2012-11-20T00:00:00

Solution 1

Hi,

Use the below technique to do the same.

C#

public static string GetConnectionString()
{
    #if (DEBUG)
      return testConnectionString;
    #else
      return productionConnectionString;
    #endif
}

To change the mode follow the below step.

1. Right click on root project.
2. Select properties
3. Select configuration
4. Change all the configuration to Release
5. Click Apply, Click Ok

Re-Run the application.

Hope this will help you.

Posted 20-Nov-12 0:00am

Mohd. Mukhtar

Updated 20-Nov-12 1:01am

v2

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pykos 20-Nov-12 6:51am

I have tried it this way but all the records get added in the test database, no matter if I set the conn string to point on the other database

#if (DEBUG)
adapter.Connection.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=******;Persist Security Info=True;Password=********;User ID=*******;Initial Catalog=DatabaseTest";
#else
adapter.Connection.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=******;Persist Security Info=True;Password=********;User ID=*******;Initial Catalog=DatabaseProduction";
#endif

I changed the mode to release.

Mohd. Mukhtar 20-Nov-12 6:58am

This should work When you change the mode to release.

Guptha Ch · Answer 2 · 2012-11-20T00:02:00

Solution 2

Save both Connection strings of the databases in the ~~web.config~~ App.config file using Cofiguration Manager.

based on your requirement use the if condition to assign Connection string to the SqlConnectio object.

Posted 20-Nov-12 0:02am

Guptha Ch

Updated 20-Nov-12 1:07am

v2