Reading from a web.config file

[ace333]

I have this web.config file and I have added a key value describing the connecting string to a db. I'm wondering whats the easiest way to read the value of the connection string from the web.config file, c# is the language i'm using.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<configuration>

<!-- define the custom sections used below - do not change -->

<appSettings>

 

<add key="ConnectionString" value="DATA SOURCE=DLNOTC02;User Id=snare;Password=snare"/>

 

</appSettings>

 

<system.web>

<customErrors mode="Off" />

<compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="true"/>

<!--<customErrors mode="Off" defaultRedirect="aspx/GlobalError.aspx" />-->

<authentication mode="Windows"/>

<trace enabled="false" requestLimit="10" pageOutput="false" traceMode="SortByTime" localOnly="true"/>

<sessionState mode="Off"/>

<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" culture="en-GB"/>

 

<webServices>

<protocols>

<add name="HttpSoap"/>

<add name="HttpPost"/>

<add name="HttpGet"/>

<add name="Documentation"/>

</protocols>

</webServices>

 

 

</system.web>

</configuration>

[PlausiblyDamp]

something like

settings = new AppSettingsReader();

string connString = (string) settings.GetValue("ConnectionString", typeof(string));

[Bucky]

There's more than one way to skin a cat!

string connString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"]