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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.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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