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ConnectionStringsExpressionBuilder::GetConnectionStringProviderName Method

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

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

public:
static String^ GetConnectionStringProviderName(
	String^ connectionStringName
)

Parameters

connectionStringName
Type: System::String
The name of the connection string.

Return Value

Type: System::String
The provider as a String for this connection string name.

ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationException

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

The ConfigurationManager::ConnectionStrings property returns a collection of connection string values. The GetConnectionStringProviderName method returns the provider for the value from this collection that is associated with the connection string name.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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