ASP.NET MVC3 database deployment - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I have created application in mvc3 and I used the default account controller for my users.
I followed instructions from http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/authenticating-users-with-forms-authentication-cs to put all tables (from aspnetdb) in one database.
My trouble is how to set webconfig and connection string corectly?
I set the conn string to my databse but if I try to register Visual studio create aspnetdb and put my user info there.
I am trying to find solution to stop vs creating aspnetdb.
My hosting provider is http://www.inside.hr it is hosting company from Croatia

Answer 1

If your shared hosting environment only allows you to use one database, you can add the ASP.NET Membership database tables to your existing database. Joe Stagner has a walkthrough on how to do that here.
Can you update your question to tell us where you're hosting? That will help.

Answer 2

I'm not sure if I follow you correctly, but did you try something like this:
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="MyDevArmyDB" connectionString="Data Source=DATASOURCE;Initial Catalog=devarmydb;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=USERID;Password=PASSWORDSTRING"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
DATASOURCE- replace with the address of your database
USERID- replace with the actual user id
PASSWORDSTRING- replace with the actual password
Accessing the DB is done like this:
public class SqlUserRepository : IUserRepository
{
private DataContext dataContext;
private Table<User> usersTable;
public IQueryable<User> Users { get { return usersTable; } }
public SqlUsersRepository(string databaseName)
{
HttpRequestWrapper request = new HttpRequestWrapper(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request);
Configuration config = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(request.ApplicationPath);
dataContext = new DataContext(config.GetConnetionString(databaseName));
}
}
Note that GetConnectionString is an extension function which supports encryption/decryption of the connection string (if you decide to protect the connection string):
public static class ConfigExtension
{
public static string GetConnetionString(this Configuration config, string databaseName, string provider = "RSAProtectedConfigurationProvider")
{
string sectionName = "connectionStrings";
ConfigurationSection section = config.GetSection(sectionName);
if (section != null && !section.SectionInformation.IsProtected)
{
section.SectionInformation.ProtectSection(provider);
config.Save();
}
return WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[databaseName].ConnectionString;
}
}