So i have this program that requires a connection to an external database, but as i already know not to put the user/pass credentials into the source code as this would be a risk to all my members accounts passwords etc. So my question is, what do you guys do when you create an app that needs this kind of access? How do you connect to a database to retrieve confidential values without putting the connection string in the code?
How easy would it be to create a listener application on the same server as the database to communicate with the users of my application, or is this even an option? I expect the application at some point will have thousands of people sending data to the listener, so my second question is if a listener would be the way to go, and could a listener handle thousands of requests without crashing? If someone can tell me what my options are as i really need to finish this app.
How easy would it be to create a listener application on the same server as the database to communicate with the users of my application, or is this even an option? I expect the application at some point will have thousands of people sending data to the listener, so my second question is if a listener would be the way to go, and could a listener handle thousands of requests without crashing? If someone can tell me what my options are as i really need to finish this app.