topic Externalized ODBC Connection String in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Externalized-ODBC-Connection-String/m-p/171219#M41311 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have implemented an external config file that contains client specific ODBC connection strings for the data loads.</P><P>Utilizing the QVScrambler.dll I can programatically scramble the username and password and store these values.</P><P>My fear is that someday QVScramler.dll might go away, and I'll be left with unscrambled data (short of keeping a local version of the dll and distributing it).</P><P>My question is: Is the code that scrambles/unscrambles just some .net method? or is it some proprietary QV routine?</P><P>I find it strange that externalizing the connection string isn't a commonly requested feature, eliminating the need to open up a qvw and modify it during deployment.</P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:03:22 GMT 2009-12-01T23:03:22Z Externalized ODBC Connection String https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Externalized-ODBC-Connection-String/m-p/171219#M41311 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have implemented an external config file that contains client specific ODBC connection strings for the data loads.</P><P>Utilizing the QVScrambler.dll I can programatically scramble the username and password and store these values.</P><P>My fear is that someday QVScramler.dll might go away, and I'll be left with unscrambled data (short of keeping a local version of the dll and distributing it).</P><P>My question is: Is the code that scrambles/unscrambles just some .net method? or is it some proprietary QV routine?</P><P>I find it strange that externalizing the connection string isn't a commonly requested feature, eliminating the need to open up a qvw and modify it during deployment.</P><P></P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:03:22 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Externalized-ODBC-Connection-String/m-p/171219#M41311 2009-12-01T23:03:22Z