While debugging why a web.config section replacement was not happening in the real web application, I tried a simplified case, no replacement is enabled and the connection string is not showing up?
Suggestions about what could be happening? The code:
Dim rootWebConfig As System.Configuration.Configuration
rootWebConfig = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(
Nothing)For Each objConnectionString As System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings In _
rootWebConfig.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings
lstCS.Items.Add(objConnectionString.Name & "|" & objConnectionString.ConnectionString)
Next
Puts "LocalSqlServer|data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true " into the listbox.
The web.config is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<
configuration><appSettings/>
<
connectionStrings><add name="test" connectionString="placeholder"/>
</
connectionStrings><system.web>
<
compilation defaultLanguage="vb" debug="true"/></system.web>
</
configuration>
Thanks, Ira