Help for ConfigurationManager in VB.Net 2005

[TimHop12]

After creating the ConnectionString node in Web.Config file (ASP.NET 2005) even after import System.Configuration

I am not able ot see the ConfigurationManager as a class, so that I can read the node for creating a DB connection. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

[TimHop12]

By mistake I have posted the Question to this section of .Net forum. Can somebody move it for me to .Net Questions Forum please? Thanks.

[Frinavale]

I've moved your thread as requested.
You should refrain from double posting your questions.


Are you retrieving your connection string using:

Dim myConString As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("MyDatabaseConnectionStringIdentifier").ConnectionString
 

Where are you attempting to access the ConfigurationManager (please note that in certain places it is unavailable...like some functions in your Global.asax file)
Could you please provide more details about your problem.

-Frinny

[TimHop12]

Thanks Frinny for following it up.

For making DB connection, I have placed my connectionString in web.config as:

<connectionStrings>
       <add name="MyDBConnection" connectionString="server=Server1; database=Req1; uid=sa; pwd=;" />
</connectionStrings>

Now I have created a seperate project "DBConnect" and in the Class file DBConnect.vb I was writing this function for connecting to DB as:

Public Shared Function getConnectionObj() As SqlConnection
   Dim objSqlConn as SqlConnection
   Dim strConn as string
 
   strConn = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("MyDBConnection").ConnectionString
 
  objSqlConn = New SqlConnection(strConn)
 
End Function

But in the function code above I am NOT able to get the "ConfigurationManager" to read the node from Web.Config file. Please Help.

Also I have imported following libraries:

Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Web

[Plater]

Now I have created a seperate project "DBConnect" and in the Class file DBConnect.vb I was writing this function for connecting to DB as:

You are in a seperate project? Values contained in a web.config apply only to the project it's contained in.
(Unless I'm mistaken)

[Frinavale]

Thanks Frinny for following it up.

For making DB connection, I have placed my connectionString in web.config as:

<connectionStrings>
       <add name="MyDBConnection" connectionString="server=Server1; database=Req1; uid=sa; pwd=;" />
</connectionStrings>

Now I have created a seperate project "DBConnect" and in the Class file DBConnect.vb I was writing this function for connecting to DB as:

Public Shared Function getConnectionObj() As SqlConnection
   Dim objSqlConn as SqlConnection
   Dim strConn as string
 
   strConn = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("MyDBConnection").ConnectionString
 
  objSqlConn = New SqlConnection(strConn)
 
End Function

But in the function code above I am NOT able to get the "ConfigurationManager" to read the node from Web.Config file. Please Help.

Also I have imported following libraries:

Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Web

Wow this sound familiar.
I did something very similar just a few months ago.
I wrote a class library in a project that managed all of my database manipulation. It was used within an asp.net project...and for security reasons I wanted to store the connection string in the web.config file.

What I ended up doing was passing the connection string to the class library functions from my asp.net project.

I don't think there is a way for both applications to access the connection strings node in the a web.config file.

(think about it ...would you want to allow any application access to this information? it could be malicious and destroy your database!)

I'll help you research the topic but I'm pretty sure that you can't do this.

[TimHop12]

Trying to do something like this in the DBManager Class:

            Dim Path As String = "C:\DBInfo.xml"
            Dim doc As System.Xml.XmlDocument
            Dim nodeList As System.Xml.XmlNodeList
 
            Dim strConn As String
            Dim objSqlConn As SqlConnection
 
            doc = New XmlDocument()
            doc.Load(Path)
            node = doc.SelectSingleNode("Database/DB")
            strConn = node.FirstChild.FirstChild.Value

This seems fine. But again I am hardcoding the File Path here in the vb file, which I don't want. I want to store this File Path info somewhere in a Configuration. Please advice. Thanks.

[Plater]

in the constructor for your dbmanager class (or just some public property) have it set the file path.
Then you can pass it in at runtime.

[TimHop12]

Thanks Plater. I shall try this out.