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May 2005 - Posts

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:13 PM

How do you handle dev/test/prod connection strings when doing an App. Diagram?

This was a question from one of a Microsoft Regional Director. The answer, ala Bill Gibson: Database connection strings will most likely be replaced during deployment as they include information that is related to the actual location of a database. Production
Posted by a_pasha | 2 Comments
Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:16 PM

Enteprise Library, Visualizing Project References to Class Libraries, and the Distributed System Designers...

Bernard O'Flynn (Hewlett-Packard) asked a great question. I have a fairly standard app consisting of a web site that calls a business services layer, that calls a business entity layer that calls a data access layer that uses Enterprise Library to access
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:31 PM

Where/How is the ConnectionString information for a External Database stored?

We keep the ConnectionString information in memory while the Application Designer is open. When the Application Designer is closed, we only save the safe ConnectionString in the model. The safe connection string is a connection string stripped of any
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:20 PM

Why am I asked to enter the connection string information for the database every time a connect a new application to an external database?

A database type is designed to be hosted on a Database Server in the host layer. Therefore, it represents the Database and not the database connection string. It is used for documentation purposes. It is used to document the existence of a Database, the
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Monday, May 16, 2005 1:40 PM

Why do ASP.NET WebService and ASP.NET WebApplication look alike on the Application Designer?

Bill Gibson had this great response to a inquiry raised by a customer. I thought I'd post it for the greater good of the community. When creating an Application Diagram: if you drag an ASP.NET WebService onto the design surface, you get the same shape
Posted by a_pasha | 5 Comments
 
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