This is what property files were designed for:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<settings>
<add key="testOrProd" value="TEST" />
</settings>
<sqlMaps>
url="c:/some directory/myDatabase/${testOrProd}/Account.xml"/>
url="c:/some directory/myDatabase/${testOrProd}/Order.xml"/>
</sqlMaps>
--- Bob Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think one small change would go a long way towards making
> configuration as flexible as possible.
>
> Remove the <sqlMap> elements from SqlMap.config and allow <sqlMaps>
> to
> specify a URL to a separate maps.config file like:
> <sqlMaps url="c:/some directory/myDatabase/TEST/maps.config">
> or
> <sqlMaps url="c:/some directory/myDatabase/PROD/maps.config">
>
> This way the maps can be defined in a single location. As my example
> above shows, it makes it very easy to switch between a test and
> production version of the maps. If you are using a DAL you don't have
> to modify a bunch of elements in every SqlMap.config for every single
> project that is using the DAL. They would all just point to the
> version of the maps.config file that they need.
>
> Then, for similar reasons, add back the ability to specify the
> location of providers.config in SqlMap.config so that it doesn't have
> to be included with every project.
>
> On 4/28/05, Gilles Bayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Or used syntax as
> > in the SqlMap.config
> >
> > <sqlMap
>
url="E:/Projet/IBatisNet/Source/IBatisNet.Test/Maps/MSSQL/SqlClient/Account.xml"/>
> >
> > -Gilles
> >
>
