Provides programmatic access to the connection strings configuration-file section.
(in System.Configuration.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public NotInheritable Class ConnectionStringsSection _
Inherits ConfigurationSection
Dim instance As ConnectionStringsSection
public sealed class ConnectionStringsSection : ConfigurationSection
public ref class ConnectionStringsSection sealed : public ConfigurationSection
public final class ConnectionStringsSection extends ConfigurationSection
The ConnectionStringsSection class allows you to programmatically modify the connectionStrings section of the configuration file. The connection strings are provided as a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection of ConnectionStringSettings add configuration elements.
The following example shows how to use the ConnectionStringsSection.
' Create a connectionn string element and add it to
' the connection strings section.
Shared Sub New()
' Get the application configuration file.
Dim config _
As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
' Get the current connection strings count.
Dim connStrCnt As Integer = _
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.Count
' Create the connection string name.
Dim csName As String = "ConnStr" + connStrCnt.ToString()
' Create a connection string element and
' save it to the configuration file.
' Create a connection string element.
Dim csSettings _
As New ConnectionStringSettings( _
csName, _
"LocalSqlServer: data source=127.0.0.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;" + _
"Initial Catalog=aspnetdb", "System.Data.SqlClient")
' Get the connection strings section.
Dim csSection _
As ConnectionStringsSection = _
config.ConnectionStrings
' Add the new element.
csSection.ConnectionStrings.Add(csSettings)
' Save the configuration file.
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified)
End Sub 'New
// Create a connectionn string element and add it to
// the connection strings section.
static ConnectionStrings()
{
// Get the application configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
// Get the current connection strings count.
int connStrCnt =
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.Count;
// Create the connection string name.
string csName =
"ConnStr" + connStrCnt.ToString();
// Create a connection string element and
// save it to the configuration file.
// Create a connection string element.
ConnectionStringSettings csSettings =
new ConnectionStringSettings(csName,
"LocalSqlServer: data source=127.0.0.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;" +
"Initial Catalog=aspnetdb", "System.Data.SqlClient");
// Get the connection strings section.
ConnectionStringsSection csSection =
config.ConnectionStrings;
// Add the new element.
csSection.ConnectionStrings.Add(csSettings);
// Save the configuration file.
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);
}
The following excerpt shows the configuration 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..::.ConfigurationSection
System.Configuration..::.ConnectionStringsSection
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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