App_data

[treviboy]

Hi,

There is a copy of my database in the app_data folder in my asp.net project. When I query the database, I am pointing to one that exists in another directory. What is really the purpose of it being where it is? Have I done something I am not aware of ? I have read some, but I am not totally sure why it's there.

thanks

 

[Hans8823]

It's no problem to use a database in another folder, but make sure that it cannot be downloaded by an http request (in the past you would put the database in a folder outside the

http://wwwroot).

In ASP.NET, files the App_Data folder (within the

http://wwwroot)

cannot be downloaded by an http request either