ConnectionStringsExpressionBuilder.EvaluateExpression Method (Object, BoundPropertyEntry, Object, ExpressionBuilderContext)

 

Returns a value from the <connectionStrings> section of the Web.config file.

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

Public Overrides Function EvaluateExpression (
	target As Object,
	entry As BoundPropertyEntry,
	parsedData As Object,
	context As ExpressionBuilderContext
) As Object

Parameters

target
Type: System.Object

The object that contains the expression.

entry
Type: System.Web.UI.BoundPropertyEntry

The property to which the expression is bound.

parsedData
Type: System.Object

The object that represents parsed data as returned by ParseExpression.

context
Type: System.Web.Compilation.ExpressionBuilderContext

Properties for the control or page.

Return Value

Type: System.Object

The Object associated with a key in the <connectionStrings> section of the Web.config file.

Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException

The connection string name could not be found in the Web.config file.

This method is called when an expression of the form <%$ ConnectionStrings: secureConnectionString %> is encountered in a page that is not compiled. It retrieves the appropriate value from the <connectionStrings> section of the Web.config file. This method overrides the EvaluateExpression method by calling the GetConnectionString method if a connection string is included in the parsedData parameter, or by calling the GetConnectionStringProviderName method if a connection string is not included in the parsedData parameter.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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