Hi,
I have a windows form with a "ComboBox" on it. The "ComboBox" has the words "Production" and "Development" in it. If the user selects "Production", I need my C# code to point to the Production database. If the user selects "Development", I need my C# code to point to the Development database. Can someone please tell me how to do this?

Sorry, I'm still not sure what to do. I am new to C#, so it is confusing. Here is my code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;


namespace GEOINT
{
      public partial class frmForm : Form
      {
            public frmForm()
            {
                  InitializeComponent();
            }
            //Insert using Filestream, file into SQL Server Table
            private void btnInsert_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                  OpenFileDialog openFileDlg = new OpenFileDialog();
                  openFileDlg.InitialDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
                  if (openFileDlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                  {
                        FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(openFileDlg.FileName);
                        FileStream fs = new FileStream(fi.FullName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
                        BinaryReader rdr = new BinaryReader(fs);
                        byte[] fileData = rdr.ReadBytes((int)fs.Length);
                        rdr.Close();
                        fs.Close();

                        string cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database=DEV_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
                        using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(cs))
                        {
                              con.Open();
                              string sql = "INSERT INTO Filestream_Files (Row_Guid_Col_ID, fData, fName) VALUES (default, @fData, @fName)";
                              SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, con);
                              cmd.Parameters.Add("@fData", SqlDbType.Image, fileData.Length).Value = fileData;
                              cmd.Parameters.Add("@fName", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = fi.Name;
                              cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                              con.Close();
                        }
                        MessageBox.Show(fi.FullName, "Selected Document/Picture Inserted!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
                  }
            }
            private void btnExit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                  this.Close();
            }

            private void frmForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {

            }
            //Load LAST selected file to SQL Server table
            private void btnRetrieve_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                  string cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database=DEV_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
                  using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(cs))
                  {

                        con.Open();
                        SqlTransaction txn = con.BeginTransaction();
                        string sql = "SELECT fData.PathName(), GET_FILESTREAM_TRANSACTION_CONTEXT(), fName fID FROM Filestream_Files WHERE fID = (SELECT MAX(fID)FROM Filestream_Files)";
                        SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, con, txn);
                        SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                        while (rdr.Read())
                        {

                              string filePath = rdr[0].ToString();
                              byte[] objContext = (byte[])rdr[1];
                              string fName = rdr[2].ToString();

                              SqlFileStream sfs = new SqlFileStream(filePath, objContext, System.IO.FileAccess.Read);

                              byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)sfs.Length];
                              sfs.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
                              sfs.Close();

                              //Files in the table have been written to a directory for viewing.

                              //string filename = @"C:\Development\Geoint\Geoint\bin\debug;
                              string filename = fName;

                              System.IO.FileStream fs = new System.IO.FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Write);
                              fs.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
                              fs.Flush();
                              fs.Close();

                        }

                        rdr.Close();
                        txn.Commit();
                        con.Close();
                  }
            }

            private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {

            }

      }

} 

thanks,
Sharon

        private void frmForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }
        //Load LAST selected file to SQL Server table
        private void btnRetrieve_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database=DEV_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
            using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(cs))
            {

                con.Open();
                SqlTransaction txn = con.BeginTransaction();
                string sql = "SELECT fData.PathName(), GET_FILESTREAM_TRANSACTION_CONTEXT(), fName fID FROM Filestream_Files WHERE fID = (SELECT MAX(fID)FROM Filestream_Files)";
                SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, con, txn);
                SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
                while (rdr.Read())
                {

                    string filePath = rdr[0].ToString();
                    byte[] objContext = (byte[])rdr[1];
                    string fName = rdr[2].ToString();

                    SqlFileStream sfs = new SqlFileStream(filePath, objContext, System.IO.FileAccess.Read);

                    byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)sfs.Length];
                    sfs.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
                    sfs.Close();

                    //Files in the table have been written to a directory for viewing.

                    //string filename = @"C:\Development\Geoint\Geoint\bin\debug;
                    string filename = fName;

                    System.IO.FileStream fs = new System.IO.FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Write);
                    fs.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
                    fs.Flush();
                    fs.Close();

                }

                rdr.Close();
                txn.Commit();
                con.Close();
            }
        }

        private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

    }

}

Please use the code wrap function.

Messagebox your selection of text from the combobox with

MessageBox.Show(combobox1.text);

just to see if it displays the selected text.

Database or a table? 2 different things.

Once you can messagebox your selection, you needa command like:

String a = ComboBox1.Text;

thisCommand.CommandText = "Select * from tbl_"+ a +"_whatever";

Database or a table? 2 different things.

Once you can messagebox your selection, you needa command like:

String a = ComboBox1.Text;

thisCommand.CommandText = "Select * from tbl_"+ a +"_whatever";

Cameron,
This is the code that solved my problem:

string cs = "";

if (comboBox1.SelectedIndex == 0)
{
cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database=Production_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
}
else if (comboBox1.SelectedIndex == 1)
{
cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database=DEV_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
}


The button code looks like this:

private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}

Thanks,
Sharon

you dont need

comboBox1.SelectedIndex == 0

, that doesn't make the program dynamic enough. Its almost like you hard coding your selection. Try the method i did, it will help when you add more entries to that comboBox.

you can then throw this away:

if (comboBox1.SelectedIndex == 0)
{
cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database=Production_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
} 
else if (comboBox1.SelectedIndex == 1)
{ 
cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database=DEV_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
}

and just make use of this:

cs = @"server=JITC-PC\GEOINT;database="+ComboBox1.Text+"_GEOINT;integrated security=SSPI";
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