App.config \ becomes \\

[DragonLord]

I am trying to read my database name from the app.config file in C#

in the app.config it is stored as

<add key="DataBaseServer" value="Q-x\x"/>
 

but when i say

_ServerName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("DataBaseServer");
 

it comes out as

"Q-x\\x" which of course causes my connection string i am building to fail due to the double \

how can i fix this so that it comes out with only one slash???

Appreciate the help!!

[Plater]

Where are you seeing that double slash?
I bet if you printed the value out to the console window (which is available to you in debug mode under the title of "Output") that there is only one slash

I am assuming that "Q-x\x" is a madeup name, since I don't believe that is a valid servername? Hmm well maybe it is, but pretty sure the - is not allowed in server names, only _

[nateraaaa]

You could also do a string.Replace on the string that is returned with the \\ and replace \\ with \.

Nathan