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How to send info to a database over the internet?

I have a desktop program written in C# and .NET v2.0. I want to send some data from within my program (MAC address) to a database on my web hosting site (it's a MySQL database) for license validation.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

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rmmarsh

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Is there any way to access the database directly, without having to go through a web service? I have written them before, and find them hard to debug, so would rather find another way...

Jaime Olivares

you can query a mysql database directly from you C# .net 2.0 application.

Jaime Olivares

application example:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/Le_Quang_Anh.asp

rmmarsh

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jaime: the database is stored on my web site; can you elaborate?

Jaime Olivares

another example:
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/MySqlUtil.asp

Jaime Olivares

there is nothing special, just determine your connection string correctly, are you currently using some mysql client on your local pc? this will help to determine the connection string

rmmarsh

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Jaime: no, just thinking of how to track the licenses so they are not used on more than one machine. If I take either the MAC address or harddrive serial number and send it to the server with the license key, I should be able to keep control of things.

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rmmarsh

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Yes, that's what KPMT said... I guess there is no other way...

Thanks to both of you... I appreciate the feedback...

R

rmmarsh

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Had to open another question regarding the connection string... I haven't a clue what it would look like when the database is on a remote server.

New question number is 22983881.