ConnectionStringSettingsCollection Class
.NET Framework 3.0
Contains a collection of ConnectionStringSettings objects.
Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in system.configuration.dll)
Assembly: System.Configuration (in system.configuration.dll)
The following example shows how to access the ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.
static void ShowConnectionStrings() { // Get the application configuration file. System.Configuration.Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( ConfigurationUserLevel.None); // Get the conectionStrings section. ConnectionStringsSection csSection = config.ConnectionStrings; for (int i = 0; i < ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.Count; i++) { ConnectionStringSettings cs = csSection.ConnectionStrings[i]; Console.WriteLine(" Connection String: \"{0}\"", cs.ConnectionString); Console.WriteLine("#{0}", i); Console.WriteLine(" Name: {0}", cs.Name); Console.WriteLine(" Provider Name: {0}", cs.ProviderName); } }
The following example is an excerpt from the configuration file used by the previous example.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ConnStr1" connectionString="LocalSqlServer: data source=127.0.0.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=aspnetdb"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
System.Object
System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement
System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection
System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettingsCollection
System.Configuration.ConfigurationElement
System.Configuration.ConfigurationElementCollection
System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettingsCollection
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.