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ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.Item[] Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Configuration
Assembly:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll
Assembly:
System.Configuration.dll
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v6.0.0
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v7.0.0
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v8.0.0
Package:
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v9.0.0-preview.2.24128.5

Gets or sets a ConnectionStringSettings object in the collection.

Overloads

Item[Int32]

Gets or sets the connection string at the specified index in the collection.
Item[String]

Gets or sets the ConnectionStringSettings object with the specified name in the collection.

Item[Int32]

Source:
ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.cs
Source:
ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.cs
Source:
ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.cs

Gets or sets the connection string at the specified index in the collection.

public:
 property System::Configuration::ConnectionStringSettings ^ default[int] { System::Configuration::ConnectionStringSettings ^ get(int index); void set(int index, System::Configuration::ConnectionStringSettings ^ value); };
public System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings this[int index] { get; set; }
member this.Item(int) : System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings with get, set
Default Public Property Item(index As Integer) As ConnectionStringSettings

Parameters

index
Int32

The index of a ConnectionStringSettings object in the collection.

Property Value

ConnectionStringSettings

The ConnectionStringSettings object at the specified index.

Examples

The following example shows how to access a ConnectionStringSettings object at a given index in a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection collection.

static void GetItems()
{

    try
    {
        System.Configuration.Configuration config =
         ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
         ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        // Clear the connection strings collection.
        ConnectionStringsSection csSection =
            config.ConnectionStrings;
        ConnectionStringSettingsCollection csCollection =
         csSection.ConnectionStrings;

        // Get the connection string setting element
        // with the specified index.
        ConnectionStringSettings cs =
            csCollection[0];

        Console.WriteLine(
             "cs: {0}", cs.Name);
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
    }
}

Shared Sub GetItems() 
    
    Try
        ' Get the application configuration file.
        Dim config _
        As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

        ' Clear the connection strings collection.
        Dim csSection _
        As ConnectionStringsSection = _
        config.ConnectionStrings
        Dim csCollection _
        As ConnectionStringSettingsCollection = _
        csSection.ConnectionStrings
        
        ' Get the connection string setting element
        ' with the specified index.
        Dim cs _
        As ConnectionStringSettings = _
        csCollection(0)
        
        Console.WriteLine("cs: {0}", cs.Name)
    
    Catch err As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString())
    End Try

End Sub

Remarks

In C#, this property is the indexer for the ConnectionStringSettingsCollection class.

See also

Applies to

Item[String]

Source:
ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.cs
Source:
ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.cs
Source:
ConnectionStringSettingsCollection.cs

Gets or sets the ConnectionStringSettings object with the specified name in the collection.

public:
 property System::Configuration::ConnectionStringSettings ^ default[System::String ^] { System::Configuration::ConnectionStringSettings ^ get(System::String ^ name); };
public System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings this[string name] { get; }
member this.Item(string) : System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings
Default Public ReadOnly Property Item(name As String) As ConnectionStringSettings

Parameters

name
String

The name of a ConnectionStringSettings object in the collection.

Property Value

ConnectionStringSettings

The ConnectionStringSettings object with the specified name; otherwise, null.

Examples

The following example shows how to access a named ConnectionStringSettings object in a ConnectionStringSettingsCollection collection.

static void GetItems2()
{

    try
    {
        System.Configuration.Configuration config =
         ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
         ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        // Clear the connection strings collection.
        ConnectionStringsSection csSection =
            config.ConnectionStrings;
        ConnectionStringSettingsCollection csCollection =
         csSection.ConnectionStrings;

        // Get the connection string setting element
        // with the specified name.
        ConnectionStringSettings cs =
            csCollection["ConnStr0"];
       
        Console.WriteLine(
            "cs: {0}", cs.Name);
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
    }
}

Shared Sub GetItems2() 
    
    Try
        ' Get the application configuration file.
        Dim config _
        As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

        ' Clear the connection strings collection.
        Dim csSection _
        As ConnectionStringsSection = _
        config.ConnectionStrings
        Dim csCollection _
        As ConnectionStringSettingsCollection = _
        csSection.ConnectionStrings
        
        ' Get the connection string setting element
        ' with the specified name.
        Dim cs _
        As ConnectionStringSettings = _
        csCollection("ConnStr0")
        
        Console.WriteLine("cs: {0}", cs.Name)
    
    Catch err As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString())
    End Try

End Sub

Remarks

In C#, this property is the indexer for the ConnectionStringSettingsCollection class.

See also

Applies to