[RESOLVED] Global variable problem.

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the dumb question, but I cannot figure this out for the life of me.
I have searched the forums for an answer to this problem and every thread I have found says I need to create a class and declare the variable as static.

I created a new class file, and created a class inside of the programs namespace. I declared the variable as a public static string. When I try to use the variable in another file (main form) I get an error stating "The name 'g_szConnString' does not exist in the class or namespace SQLServer.Form1."

My program name (therefor namespace) is SQLServer, and I am using it in the Form1 class. Is there something I am missing? Do I need to create an instance of the globals class in all of the files that will be using it?

Thanks in advance.

Here are a couple code snipptes.

Code:

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/* Global variable class */
namespace SQLServer
{
        public class CGlobal
        {
                public static string g_szConnString = "Data Source=[server];Initial Catalog=[db];User ID=[user];Password=[pass]";
        }
}

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Code:

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/* The code that uses the variable */
SqlConnection  sqlCon = new SqlConnection(g_szConnString);

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Code:

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SqlConnection sqlCon = new SqlConnection(CGlobal.g_szConnString);

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Ah! Thank you very much jmcilhinney, I didn't know you had to type classname. before the variable to be used. I miss #include or modules in vb. I appreciate the fast response, that will save me a lot of time.