Re: Deploy .NET driver Winform app problems

Posted in 2007

Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET, Security, Permissions & Auditing

Fernando Nunes — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:03:25 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

srussell705@gmail.com wrote: h > > I am disapointed with the driver if I have to plug the registry each > time I make a UserID/PW change. > > Corporate rules are to change them monthly in data connections for > some apps, and guess which ones I have to control? > > I'm not afraid to write to the reg or update the sucker. It's just a > sorry kludge when I have a connection string defined in the app.config > and I want it encrypted and easily updated. > > > > > You certainly need NOT to put UserID/PW in the registry. In fact I have my doubts you need registry entries... There were ways to make ODBC DSNless connections... You could specify everything (hostname, port, user, password, database etc.) in the connection string. Unfortunately Windows data access protocols are not my area... Regards. -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...

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srussell705@gmail.com — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:20:15 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Jul 5, 7:03 pm, Fernando Nunes <s...@domus.online.pt> wrote: > You certainly need NOT to put UserID/PW in the registry. In fact I have my > doubts you need registry entries... There were ways to make ODBC DSNless > connections... You could specify everything (hostname, port, user, password, > database etc.) in the connection string. Unfortunately Windows data access > protocols are not my area... Fernando, I do have a connection string defined and for some stupid reason the .NET Informix driver won't accept it.

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Fernando Nunes — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:53:42 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

srussell705@gmail.com wrote: > On Jul 5, 7:03 pm, Fernando Nunes <s...@domus.online.pt> wrote: >> You certainly need NOT to put UserID/PW in the registry. In fact I have my >> doubts you need registry entries... There were ways to make ODBC DSNless >> connections... You could specify everything (hostname, port, user, password, >> database etc.) in the connection string. Unfortunately Windows data access >> protocols are not my area... > > > Fernando, I do have a connection string defined and for some stupid > reason the .NET Informix driver won't accept it. > > Please check the following... HTH: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0510durity/index.html http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0705pradeep/ (for CSDK3.00 with visual studio add in) -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...