Getting Connection String from Web.Config in ASP.NET Express

I'm trying to get the frickin string out of the frickin config file
(using VB), but foundation classes don't seem to match the
documentation. Either I have this 30 line example where I walk a
collection fished out from nine levels down or I have a C# example
(Programming ASP.NET 2.0, Core Reference):

connstr =
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NWind"].ConnectionString;

Which is nice but flat out doesn't match reality (but I sure wish it
did).

So how do you guys cope with this? PS: I'm trying to store the
connection in the application (Global.aspx) so I can reuse it. That's
how I used to do it in the old ASP days. Is that how it's still done?

Mark

If you're using VB, change the brackets to parentheses. Otherwise, this is
how I get the ConnectionString out of the config file.

As for putting stuff in the GLOBAL.ASAX file, don't do it.
--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

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> I'm trying to get the frickin string out of the frickin config file
> (using VB), but foundation classes don't seem to match the
> documentation. Either I have this 30 line example where I walk a
> collection fished out from nine levels down or I have a C# example
> (Programming ASP.NET 2.0, Core Reference):
>
> connstr =
> ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["NWind"].ConnectionString;
>
> Which is nice but flat out doesn't match reality (but I sure wish it
> did).
>
> So how do you guys cope with this? PS: I'm trying to store the
> connection in the application (Global.aspx) so I can reuse it. That's
> how I used to do it in the old ASP days. Is that how it's still done?
>

Christopher Reed