Subject Re: Connection string in ADODatabase From Gaetano <gaetanodd@hotmail.com> Date Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:59:03 +1000 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 27/10/2020 06:27, Mervyn Bick wrote: > Does this serve any purpose? Hi Mervyn, This is just to test the functionality of storing the ADO connectionstring in an INI file for an ADO database. As noted earlier in the conversation, this is not a good practice because it stores the credentials and server details "in plain sight", but the functionality is there... If the purpose is to store the connection details in a central location, a CDM is a much better option with just about the same number of lines of "code" than the ini file option and the added bonus that the credentials and server details cannot be viewed once built into the EXE (not in plain text anyway). Cheers, Gaetano.