How should load sensitive connection strings

ok so when i need to connect a swf to some sort of data
source on the server be it XML, a .NET DLL, a CFC or what ever so
that i can load data from a database or what ever, everyone is
always saying that i shouldn't hard code the connection string into
my actionscript as anyone can get it and do malicious things with
it.
So how should i load the connection string into flash. if i
put them on the server in an XML file or somthing like that then i
still need to put a connection string into the actionscript in
order to load in my main connection strings into the actionscript.
Basically i need to know how to load an external string into
a swf without anyone else being able to get hold of that string for
them selves.
i realy need help with this because i am developing an app
for somone and i need it to connect to a database and i need it to
be secure. i have everything sorted except making the connection
string to the database unstealable.

Hi
1. The "GLOBAL.ASA" in ASP3 become "GLOBAL.ASAX" on ASP.Net and it is not the equivalent of web.config. ASP3 do not have an equivalent as this is dynamic tech and By default there is no precompile/compile action as in Dot.Net
2. You can just move a text file which include the connection string outside the site's folder as we used to do 15 years ago when we used Microsoft Access as a database (When we need small database, before the SQL EXPRESS). This way there is no direct
URL to get to file!
* There are several option of restrict the use of a file in ASP3 and in the IIS configuration. check if this is what you want (restrict the use of a specific file/folder)
3. robot.txt is only for searching engine which keep "nice behavior". it do not stop any application including search engine from getting the file.
Have fun :-)
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Hi,
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- CJ
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them selves.
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        connectionInfo.Password = Password;
        connectionInfo.ServerName = connString;
        connectionInfo.DatabaseName = ServerNamespace;
        connectionInfo.Type = ConnectionInfoType.CRQE;
        return connectionInfo;
I have also tried setting connectionInfo.ServerName equal to just the real server name, but that didn't work either.
After the above operations are performed, I simply assign the returned ReportDocument object to the Crystal Viewer control. If I don't call the above functions, and just set the ReportDocument source (using whatever connection string was embedded in the report originally), the report runs as expected. Only when I attempt to update the connection string, the report will not execute. Please advise. Thanks!

I am using the Crystal Report Viewer control in in a Visuall Studio 2008 C# project. The reports are created inside of Visual Studio 2008, and will be running against an InterSystems Cache database. I have to use an ODBC (RDO) connection and use a connection string.
I have seen many examples of how to update the connection string at runtime if it is SQL server (or some flavor thereof), but nothing for an ODBC (RDO) connection to a NON-MSSQL database.
The problem when I update the connection string for each of the tables in the report, the report will either not run and display a window -- titled 'Datbase Login' -- that has the Server, Database, Username, and Password fields on the window, OR, it will run but not against the database that was specified at runtime (it uses the connection stored in the report).
Code Sample #1 (This is using the connection string, and will cause a the "Database Login" window to be displayed - the first scenario from above) -- The code samples appear to be too long to post, so I will add them as seperate replies.
rd = new ReportDocument();
// Load the report
rd.Load(fileName, OpenReportMethod.OpenReportByDefault);
rd.Refresh();
// Create the connection object
ConnectionInfo connectionInfo = CreateConnection(Server, Port, ServerNamespace, Username, Password);
// Set the connection info on each table in the report
SetDBLogonForReport(connectionInfo, rd);
SetDBLogonForSubreports(connectionInfo, rd);
private static ConnectionInfo CreateConnection(string Server, int Port, string ServerNamespace, string Username, string Password)
        ConnectionInfo connectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo();
        string connString = "DRIVER=InterSystems ODBC;SERVER=" + Server + ";PORT=" + Port + ";DATABASE=" + ServerNamespace + ";UID=" + Username + ";PWD=" + Password;
        connectionInfo.IntegratedSecurity = false;
        connectionInfo.UserID = Username;
        connectionInfo.Password = Password;        //In examples that I have seen, this is the actual connection string, not just the server name
        connectionInfo.ServerName = connString;          connectionInfo.DatabaseName = ServerNamespace;
        connectionInfo.Type = ConnectionInfoType.CRQE;
        return connectionInfo;
// Code smple continued in the next reply

Connection String Hades

Hi,
I'm trying to connect to a MS SQL database on an account I
have hosted through GoDaddy.com. It's beginning to drive me a
little loopy. Their server is so different from other webhosts I've
used. Does anyone know how to write the connection string in a
web.config file so that my current applications will work?
Thanks!

You will of course have to update with the info they sent
you, but this
should work:
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Personal" connectionString="
Server=whsql-v04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net;
Database=DB_675;
User ID=user_id;
Password=password;
Trusted_Connection=False"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<remove name="LocalSqlServer"/>
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="
Server=whsql-v04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net;
Database=DB_675;
User ID=user_id;
Password=password;
Trusted_Connection=False"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
"jroxit333" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:e7ped7$8ag$[email protected]..
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to connect to a MS SQL database on an account
I have hosted
> through
> GoDaddy.com. It's beginning to drive me a little loopy.
Their server is
> so
> different from other webhosts I've used. Does anyone
know how to write
> the
> connection string in a web.config file so that my
current applications
> will
> work?
>
> Thanks!
>

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