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HomeHomeOur CommunityOur CommunityGeneral Discuss...General Discuss...How do i connect to the SQL database and add data without locking the file?How do i connect to the SQL database and add data without locking the file?
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10/13/2006 12:28 PM
 
Brandon Jelinek


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Joined: 2/28/2006
Posts: 77

For a lot of tasks it is just faster for me to edit the database file itself and i have made a little MS Access app that makes things fast and easy.  The problem is.. i have to stop webserves.. copy the database to another folder.. restart webservices, Use ODBC connection to the copied database.  Then make all my changes.  Then stop webservices again.. then copy the database over the top of the old one.  Then start webservices again.

This causes a bit of down time and a off chance that a user is trying to change data on one of the parent portals while i am working on the database itself.

Is there a way to connect to the live DNN Database File with Microsoft Access, Locally, without knocking down the pages to do it?

If it is possible, i would love to refine this MS Access front end to DNN and make it available for others.

brandon
 
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12/28/2006 4:12 PM
 
jurgen van tilburg

Joined: 8/2/2005
Posts: 8

Hi,

me not being an expert in Ms Access, i know what did the trick for me in for example SQL 2005 express.

add a database user to you (dnn) Database, give this user the prperty of database owner.

Use this useraccount for both your connection used by access and the web.config of your site.

your webconfig shoull'd be something like:

<connectionStrings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express -->
    <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=SERVERNAME\sqlexpress;Database=DATABASENAME;uid=USER;pwd=THISISTHEPASSWORD;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>
  <appSettings>
    <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules -->
    <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="SERVERNAME\sqlexpress;Database=DATABASENAME;uid=USER;pwd=THISISTHEPASSWORD;"/>

change the orange parameters with yours.

hope this helps you!

 

cheers
 
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