Database connection

[Peter Kirk]

Hi

I am writing a windows service which needs to access a database (which will
be running on a different machine). I don't know what the database is (maybe
oracle, maybe sql server - it is something that needs to be
configured/installed at deployment time).

How do I make a "connection" to a database? Is there a generic "IConnection"
interface and various "factories" for different databases? For example
IConnection conn = OracleDatabase.GetConnection();
IConnection conn = SqlServer.GetConnection();

Any help/advice appreciated.

Thanks,
Peter

[Morten Wennevik]

AFAIK you can use OleDbConnection for any database. All that needs to change is the connection string.

http://www.connectionstrings.com
On Tue, 31 May 2005 10:01:15 +0200, Peter Kirk <[e-mail]> wrote:

Hi

I am writing a windows service which needs to access a database (which will
be running on a different machine). I don't know what the database is (maybe
oracle, maybe sql server - it is something that needs to be
configured/installed at deployment time).

How do I make a "connection" to a database? Is there a generic "IConnection"
interface and various "factories" for different databases? For example
IConnection conn = OracleDatabase.GetConnection();
IConnection conn = SqlServer.GetConnection();

Any help/advice appreciated.

Thanks,
Peter

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Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]