ConfigurationManager::ConnectionStrings Property
.NET Framework (current version)
Gets the ConnectionStringsSection data for the current application's default configuration.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
public: property ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ ConnectionStrings { static ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ get(); }
Property Value
Type: System.Configuration::ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^Returns a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection object that contains the contents of the ConnectionStringsSection object for the current application's default configuration.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ConfigurationErrorsException | Could not retrieve a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection object. |
A ConnectionStringsSection object contains the contents of the configuration file's connectionStrings section.
The following example shows how to use a connection string to read data from a database.
The previous example assumes your project has an App.config as shown below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <startup> <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" /> </startup> <connectionStrings> <add name="WingtipToys" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;Initial Catalog=WingtipToys;Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False" /> </connectionStrings> </configuration>
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Available since 2.0
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