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Hi all,

I have a lot of connection strings for a specific database on SQL-server in
my application.
Seen that there's a sqlConnectionString in Web.config.
Can I use web.config to store the info about the connectionstring there?
How do I call it from the application?
/Kent J.
Nov 17 '05 #1
2 1258
Max
No that's for SQL Server sessions. But you can add this to your
web.config... make sure it's OUTSIDE the <system.web>

<appSettings>
<add key="ConnectionString"
value="server=localhost;Trusted_Connection=true;da tabase=Commerce" />
</appSettings>
Then call it by:
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionStrin g")
Some say it's not good to put the connection string here. Microsoft has a
history of leaving gaping security holes. Remember when the global.asa could
be read for a URL just by typing global.asa+htr ?? So many databases were
comprimised LOL !!
"Kent Johnson" <08********@telia.com> wrote in message
news:Ny********************@newsc.telia.net...
Hi all,

I have a lot of connection strings for a specific database on SQL-server in my application.
Seen that there's a sqlConnectionString in Web.config.
Can I use web.config to store the info about the connectionstring there?
How do I call it from the application?
/Kent J.

Nov 17 '05 #2
Max,
OK! Many thanks

/Kent J.

"Max" <ma*****@portvista.com> wrote in message
news:bQ********************@twister.tampabay.rr.co m...
No that's for SQL Server sessions. But you can add this to your
web.config... make sure it's OUTSIDE the <system.web>

<appSettings>
<add key="ConnectionString"
value="server=localhost;Trusted_Connection=true;da tabase=Commerce" />
</appSettings>
Then call it by:
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionStrin g")
Some say it's not good to put the connection string here. Microsoft has a
history of leaving gaping security holes. Remember when the global.asa could be read for a URL just by typing global.asa+htr ?? So many databases were
comprimised LOL !!
"Kent Johnson" <08********@telia.com> wrote in message
news:Ny********************@newsc.telia.net...
Hi all,

I have a lot of connection strings for a specific database on SQL-server

in
my application.
Seen that there's a sqlConnectionString in Web.config.
Can I use web.config to store the info about the connectionstring there?
How do I call it from the application?
/Kent J.


Nov 17 '05 #3

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