ConnectionStringsExpressionBuilder.GetConnectionString(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Compilation

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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

public:
 static System::String ^ GetConnectionString(System::String ^ connectionStringName);

public static string GetConnectionString (string connectionStringName);

static member GetConnectionString : string -> string

Public Shared Function GetConnectionString (connectionStringName As String) As String

Parameters

connectionStringName: String

The name of the connection string.

Returns

String

The connection string as a String for this connection string name.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

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

Remarks

The ConnectionStrings property returns a collection of connection string values. The GetConnectionString method returns the value from this collection that is associated with the connection string name.

Applies to