I am adding a custom table to an Ektron database. What is the best practice for connecting to the database? Using standard ADO.NET code or is there a way to use the CMS' connection to the database? What is best practice?
Ektron 8.0.1 SP1
Adding Custom tables to the Ektron Database will not cause any issues,there is no need of another Database if you are having only few custom tables to be added. Altering the Ektron tables will create issues,so it is better not to go for that. For accessing data from the Custom Tables make use of LINQ (refer:here).