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WebConfigurationManager::ConnectionStrings Property

Gets the Web site's connection strings.

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

public:
static property ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ ConnectionStrings {
	ConnectionStringSettingsCollection^ get ();
}

Property Value

Type: System.Configuration::ConnectionStringSettingsCollection
A ConnectionStringSettingsCollection object that contains the contents of the ConnectionStringsSection object for the current Web application's default configuration.

ExceptionCondition
ConfigurationErrorsException

A valid ConnectionStringSettingsCollection object could not be retrieved.

The following example shows how to use the ConnectionStrings property to access configuration information and enumerate the results. To access a specific connection string, use the returned ConnectionStringSettingsCollection with the name of the desired connection string as an indexer.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.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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