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Aryan Kumar

Aryan Kumar

14-Jun-2023

To configure the database connection string in the web.config file, you need to add a connectionStrings section to the file. The connectionStrings section is a collection of connection strings that are used by your application. Each connection string is defined by a <add> element. The <add> element has the following attributes:

  • name: The name of the connection string. This name is used to reference the connection string in your application code.
  • connectionString: The connection string itself. This is a string that contains the information needed to connect to the database, such as the database server name, database name, username, and password.
  • providerName: The name of the data provider that is used to connect to the database. The providerName attribute is optional. If it is not specified, the default provider will be used.

Here is an example of a connectionStrings section in a web.config file:

<connectionStrings> <add name="MyConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=True;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>

Once you have added a connectionStrings section to the web.config file, you can reference the connection string in your application code by using the ConfigurationManager class. The ConfigurationManager class provides a method called ConnectionStrings that returns a collection of connection strings. You can then use the collection to get the connection string that you need.

Here is an example of how to get a connection string from the web.config file in ASP.NET MVC:

using System.Configuration;
public class MyController : Controller { 
public ActionResult Index() { 
// Get the connection string from the web.config file. var connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MyConnectionString"].ConnectionString;

Code snippet

    // Use the connection string to connect to the database.
    var db = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
    db.Open();

    // Do something with the database.
    ...
}
}
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