We have a very complex application (LOTS of different TAFs, TCFs) and have found that there is an easy way to do this is due to the fact that these files are in fact XML files. I use BBEdit (which has a great batch editing feature) to edit the datasource information for all of them in about 10 minutes.

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING: Make a copy of ALL of your TAFs/TCFs before you begin, because if you do this incorrectly, you will no longer be able to open your TAFs/TCFs with the Developer Studio.

Having said that, if the column names are the same, and your datasource info is all that varies you can do something like this:

Create a NEW TAF using a select that calls the new database (database2) with the password and username. Save it. Open this new TAF with your text editor. COPY the whole XML segment from <datasource> to </datasource>. REPLACE the old database1 <datasource> section with this one.

Then do a global search and replace all instances of database1 to database2


On Mar 26, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Tabi Tubby wrote:

Hello there,

How to change dsn, �username/password, and tables�from action in wi/tango apps.
without having to copy or re-creating the whole application?

What I mean by this is, once you create an wi/tango application then maybe you
want to change the action's �dsn, username,password, and tables in the apps to use it for
a different database with different table names but the table structures are the same.

I'm not sure how to do it with the wi/tango dev studio but
I know how to do it manually with text editor (which i dont like to do).

My wi/tango knowledge is average but i'm not a pro yet.

Please help anybody�when you got time.

Thanks in advance.

Tabi.


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