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ConnectionStringsSection.ConnectionStrings Property

Gets a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection collection of ConnectionStringSettings objects.

Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in system.configuration.dll)

public ConnectionStringSettingsCollection ConnectionStrings { get; }
/** @property */
public ConnectionStringSettingsCollection get_ConnectionStrings ()

public function get ConnectionStrings () : ConnectionStringSettingsCollection

Not applicable.

Property Value

A ConnectionStringSettingsCollection collection of ConnectionStringSettings objects.

The following example shows how to use the ConnectionStrings property of the ConnectionStringsSection object.

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);
        
    }

}

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.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0
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