web config file section replacements

[ThatsIT.net.au]

I have been looking into web config file section replacements
I have set it buy putting in the line into the deploy section
connectionStrings=connectionStrings.config;

I then have a file by that name in the root directory

with

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ioSQL" connectionString="my connection string"/>
</connectionStrings>

if I add another connection string to my web.config it tells me that they
cannot merge so I know that the file is being found, but in debug or release
it uses the same connection string from web.config

Am I missing a step?

[sloan]

Check:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...-configur.aspx

He explains 2.0 stuff (and beyond) well.
"ThatsIT.net.au" <me@workwrote in message
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>I have been looking into web config file section replacements
I have set it buy putting in the line into the deploy section
connectionStrings=connectionStrings.config;

I then have a file by that name in the root directory

with

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ioSQL" connectionString="my connection string"/>
</connectionStrings>

if I add another connection string to my web.config it tells me that they
cannot merge so I know that the file is being found, but in debug or
release it uses the same connection string from web.config

Am I missing a step?

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:
!I have been looking into web config file section replacements
!I have set it buy putting in the line into the deploy section
!connectionStrings=connectionStrings.config;
!I then have a file by that name in the root directory
!Am I missing a step?

You are missing the configSource attribute in web.config :

<connectionStrings configSource="subdirectory/connectionStrings.config"/>

or, if connectionStrings.config is in the root of the application :

<connectionStrings configSource="connectionStrings.config"/>


Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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"ThatsIT.net.au" <me@workwrote in message news:0F**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have been looking into web config file section replacements
I have set it buy putting in the line into the deploy section
connectionStrings=connectionStrings.config;

I then have a file by that name in the root directory

with

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ioSQL" connectionString="my connection string"/>
</connectionStrings>

if I add another connection string to my web.config it tells me that they cannot merge so I know that the file is
being found, but in debug or release it uses the same connection string from web.config

Am I missing a step?

[ThatsIT.net.au]

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@nowhere.comwrote in message
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re:
!I have been looking into web config file section replacements
!I have set it buy putting in the line into the deploy section
!connectionStrings=connectionStrings.config;
!I then have a file by that name in the root directory
!Am I missing a step?

You are missing the configSource attribute in web.config :

<connectionStrings configSource="subdirectory/connectionStrings.config"/>

or, if connectionStrings.config is in the root of the application :

<connectionStrings configSource="connectionStrings.config"/>

Thanks for your replay and sorry for getting back so late.

if I was to have this in my web.config
<connectionStrings configSource="connectionStrings.config"/>

how would it find the debug file.

If I have 2 files one for debug and one for release, how can I specify both?

>

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
foros de asp.net, en español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
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"ThatsIT.net.au" <me@workwrote in message
news:0F**********************************@microsof t.com...

>I have been looking into web config file section replacements
I have set it buy putting in the line into the deploy section
connectionStrings=connectionStrings.config;

I then have a file by that name in the root directory

with

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ioSQL" connectionString="my connection string"/>
</connectionStrings>

if I add another connection string to my web.config it tells me that they
cannot merge so I know that the file is being found, but in debug or
release it uses the same connection string from web.config

Am I missing a step?