Where to get employee directory for application access?

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  I am non IT professional, but do build small applications for my own team too.

  I am not sure how to ask the question, but I will try to make my question as clearly as possible.

  Let us say: I want to build an application, and I design two text-boxes: Username & Password. Then I use below code to test a database created by IT department, in order to verify the user. It somehow works, but the method is silly.

  Basically, I am assuming that the database is open to all employees. It could be true, it could be false. I have no ideas how IT department sets up each database. 

  Now if I build an application for organization-wide use, and I will create an Access file as back end for this application. Now I don't feel comfortable to use below code to verify an user. I am not sure if the database sampletest (in below code) is open to organization-wide employees or only some employees.

  My question: for most organizations, how does IT department manage employee directory? As an non-IT employee, how can I access employee directory? If there is something only opening to IT employees, then I can still use below code to build application, just assuming the database is open to organization-wide employees. It is silly to test irrelevant database, in order to verify an user.

  GlobalVariables.ConnectionString = "Driver={Adaptive Server Enterprise};server=sample;port=12345;db=sampletest;uid=" + txtUsername.Text + ";pwd=" + txtPassword.Text + ";";
  
  Cn = new OdbcConnection(GlobalVariables.ConnectionString);
  bool SuccessfulConnection = false;
  
   try
  {
       Cn.Open();
       SuccessfulConnection = true;                
  }
  
  catch
  {
        MessageBox.Show("Connection failed. Invalid Username/Password.", "Error Message");
  }

  
  

  • Moved by Kyle Wang - MSFTMicrosoft contingent staff Friday, December 20, 2019 5:59 AM

  Tuesday, December 17, 2019 8:47 PM