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WebConfigurationManager::ConnectionStrings Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Gets the Web site's connection strings.

Namespace:   System.Web.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

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property ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ ConnectionStrings {
	static ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Configuration::ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^

A ConnectionStringSettingsCollection object that contains the contents of the ConnectionStringsSection object for the current Web application's default configuration.

Exception Condition
ConfigurationErrorsException

A valid ConnectionStringSettingsCollection object could not be retrieved.

The following example shows how to use the ConnectionStrings property to access configuration information and enumerate the results. To access a specific connection string, use the returned ConnectionStringSettingsCollection with the name of the desired connection string as an indexer.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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