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Connecting Dreamweaver to a SQL Azure database

  • August 18, 2023
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Help! It's been so long since I've done any work in Dreamweaver, and it's all different now. AND I'm using SQL Azure for my database. I've figured out how to build the database in Azure; I've gotten a Web app stood up in Azure. I've gotten Dreamweaver to connect to my web app. I've gotten a system DSN set up, and that works. 

 

Hooray! But what about a connection to the database? I'm trying to enable all the lovely dynamic-site features that Dreamweaver (used to?!) has... and cannot figure out how to connect! 

 

Help?

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    It has been a long time.  Dreamweaver hasn't had Server-Behaviors in 10+ years. Even if it did, it wouldn't help you much with Microsoft's cloud-based Azure Development. Dreamweaver doesn't speak the same languages.

     

    Get Microsoft's Visual Studio Code and install the Azure Tools Extension Pack.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/configure-vs-code

     

    Hope that helps.

     

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    August 19, 2023

    I am so very old. 😀

    Thank you both!

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    August 19, 2023

    @Nancy OShea Oh wow - thank you! So if I use Azure, I really just can't use Dreamweaver - certainly not for some of the dynamic site-building WYSIWYG work that I want to do. True?

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    Ben MCommunity Expert
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    August 19, 2023

    Dreamweaver is in minimal maintenance mode as it is and most people who prefer WYSIWYG have moved to hosted solutions like Wix/Squarespace or a CMS instance with a drag and drop editor. But if you are building database apps, then those solutions won't be for what you need. If you are looking for tools designed for Azure and MS Cloud programming, then you probably want to look at Visual Studio first as Nancy eluded to. But I don't believe that will be WYSIWYG based on your needs.

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      August 18, 2023

      It has been a long time.  Dreamweaver hasn't had Server-Behaviors in 10+ years. Even if it did, it wouldn't help you much with Microsoft's cloud-based Azure Development. Dreamweaver doesn't speak the same languages.

       

      Get Microsoft's Visual Studio Code and install the Azure Tools Extension Pack.

      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/configure-vs-code

       

      Hope that helps.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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