Database name passed on auth request

[mythz]

@gandaldf

so my question: could be possible to initialize the db server connection just after I get the db name (server ip/user/password are always the same) from the auth/credentials request?

It’s not clear if you only want to change the db connection once for the entire server or once per user request at authentication, or once per user with the db obtained at auth (in which case you’ll need to store it in the Users Session), but have a look at a new feature in v4.0.53 (On MyGet) which lets you change the DB Connection at runtime:

Autoquery Change IDbConnection

I’ve just enabled an easier way to dynamically change which DB should be used at runtime where now all Requests to resolve a DB Connection go through AppHost.GetDbConnection(IRequest) which as it’s overridable and accepts an IRequest can be used to change which IDbConnection gets used at runtime. This change is available from v4.0.53 that’s now on MyGet. The default implementation lets your Request Filters change the DB used by populating the ConnectionInfo POCO in IRequest.Items Dictionary wit…