I want to read connection string from app.config file.

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I want to read connection string from App.Config file.
As your solution I wrote this code

<configuration>
<connectionstrings>
<add name="CharityManagement">
connectionString="Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=CharityManagement;Integrated Security=True"/>

but I have no idea where shoud I give my database path in connection string and I want to use sqlserver in Local mode
can anybody help me out.
Thanks in Advance

What I have tried:

<configuration>
<connectionstrings>
<add name="con" connectionstring="Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=DB;Integrated Securiry=True">

Posted 3-Sep-16 14:02pm

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Updated 3-Sep-16 17:24pm

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David_Wimbley · Answer 1 · 2016-09-03T14:32:00

In your app.config you would specify your connection string.

XML

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="put your connection string here" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

In your c# code you can access it as such

C#

var connstring = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DefaultConnection"];

Then from there you use connstring in whatever way you are accessing your database.

Mathew Soji · Answer 2 · 2016-09-03T17:24:00

Solution 2

Refer the below links .

How to: Read Connection Strings from the Web.config File[^]

Read (Get) Connection String from Web.Config file in ASP.Net using C# and VB.Net[^]

Store Connection String in Web.config - ConnectionStrings.com[^]

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