ConnectionStringsSection Class [IIS 7 and higher]

Article
07/13/2012

Specifies a collection of database connection strings for ASP.NET applications.

Syntax

class ConnectionStringsSection : ConfigurationSectionWithCollection

Methods

The following table lists the methods exposed by the ConnectionStringsSection class.

Name	Description
Add	(Inherited from ConfigurationSectionWithCollection.)
Clear	(Inherited from ConfigurationSectionWithCollection.)
Get	(Inherited from ConfigurationSectionWithCollection.)
GetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
GetAllowLocation	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
Remove	(Inherited from ConfigurationSectionWithCollection.)
RevertToParent	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
SetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
SetAllowLocation	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)

Properties

The following table lists the properties exposed by the ConnectionStringsSection class.

Name	Description
ConnectionStrings	An array of ConnectionStringSettings values that contain database connection strings for ASP.NET applications and features.
Location	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.) A key property.
Path	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.) A key property.
SectionInformation	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)

Subclasses

This class contains no subclasses.

Remarks

In ASP.NET 2.0, features such as Session, Membership, Personalization, and Role Manager rely on connection strings that are stored in the ConnectionStrings property. You can also use the ConnectionStrings property to store connection strings for your own applications.

Inheritance Hierarchy

ConfigurationSection

ConfigurationSectionWithCollection

ConnectionStringsSection

Requirements

Type	Description
Client	Requires IIS 7 on Windows Vista.
Server	Requires IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008.
Product	IIS 7
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof