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Actual .JS file accessibility? Hide DB connection string?

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Apr 08.2011

I’m developing a Windows Sidebar gadget and am validating user data input client side via HTML and JS. Data is being validated via remote server DB.

To my problem… DB connection string is currently visible to everyone. Is there any way I can hide it? Perhaps by putting my JS file to a server and protecting it somehow?

Thank you!

-gavio

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@svidgenApr 08.2011 — You'll need/want your widget to establish it's database connections via a web service of some sort. Never send your "global" server-side credentials with the client code!
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@gavioauthorApr 09.2011 — I know web services would solve this problem. However, I don't really want to re-write all my code since there's so much of it. Is there ANY solution for my problem, leaving most of the code as it is?
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