We have VB applications call a security DLL to make the database connection.
We put an Environment Variable on our windows and web servers to indicate
whether they are a development or production machine. This way the
applications can be run on any server and the security DLL knows whether it
should connect to our Development or Production SQL Server servers.
We are looking to convert from using Mixed-Mode authentication to using
Windows(NT) authentication. Now is a good time to review how we do this
determination of what SQL Server server to access.
What are other methods you have used to determine what database server an
application should connect to?
TIA,
Doug