' Return the Database name if the input connection string points to a SQL ' Server DB, or the DB path if the connection string points to a Jet (Access) DB' ' Examples:' Debug.WriteLine(GetDatabaseName("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data ' Source=D:MyDB.mdb;")) ' => D:MyDB.mdb;' Debug.WriteLine(GetDatabaseName("Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Data Source=.;User ' ID=sa;Password=;Initial Catalog=MyDB")) ' => MyDB' Debug.WriteLine(GetDatabaseName("server=(local);database=MyDB;uid=sa;pwd=;")' ) ' => MyDBFunction GetDatabaseName(ByVal connString As String) As String Dim lcConnString = connString.ToLower() ' if this is a Jet database, find the index of the "data source" setting Dim startIndex As Integer If lcConnString.IndexOf("jet.oledb") > -1 Then startIndex = lcConnString.IndexOf("data source=") If startIndex > -1 Then startIndex += 12 Else ' if this is a SQL Server database, find the index of the "initial ' catalog" or "database" setting startIndex = lcConnString.IndexOf("initial catalog=") If startIndex > -1 Then startIndex += 16 Else ' if the "Initial Catalog" setting is not found, ' try with "Database" startIndex = lcConnString.IndexOf("database=") If startIndex > -1 Then startIndex += 9 End If End If ' if the "database", "data source" or "initial catalog" values are not ' found, return an empty string If startIndex = -1 Then Return "" ' find where the database name/path ends Dim endIndex As Integer = lcConnString.IndexOf(";", startIndex) If endIndex = -1 Then endIndex = lcConnString.Length ' return the substring with the database name/path Return connString.Substring(startIndex, endIndex - startIndex)End Function


GM Creates Open Source uProtocol and Invites Automakers to Adopt It: Revolutionizing Automotive Software Development.
General Motors (GM) recently announced its entry into the Eclipse Foundation. The Eclipse Foundation is a prominent open-source software foundation. In addition, GMC announced its contribution of “uProtocol” to facilitate