Opening and Closing MS Access DB in C#

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I need to open an access db to update table structure and fields. I would like to ask which approach is better:

1. Open the db at the start of the Program make ALL updates then close the db at the end of the Program.

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2. Open db then do update on a field then close the db. And do this procedure for each update until I have iterated on all updates.

Thanks for any advise.

Posted 29-Dec-13 18:49pm

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Hammad · Answer 1 · 2013-12-29T19:01:00

Basically it depends on your programme if your programme makes alot of updates on the table continuously, then open the connection when you start the update process and after updating all the records close the connection. Otherwise if your programme update records not in continuous manner then open it on each update and after that close it and open it again on new update. But don't open it on the start of the programme. It's Not the good idea unless your programme perform some actions on the Database(Insert, Get Records etc.) on start.