How to create a Global connectionstring to SQL Server Database for my SharePoint site

Question

This is my connection string inside my web.config of my SharePoint site. Its sitting just below the closing SharePoint tag.

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="SAMRASConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=JOHANDEVVM;
        Initial Catalog=samrasDB; User ID=Johan; Password=password; Trusted_Connection=True"
        providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"  />
</connectionStrings>

Where must i place it in order to get a Global Connectionstring.

Reason be: When i go to my IIS site Properties -> ASP.NET tab -> Edit Global Configuration Then the connection string is not there, its only by the Edit Configuration.

I need it to be there to access it from other client computers. I need to change it in my web.config file and dont want to go add it manually on the Server.

Answer 1

Add the connectionString in Machine.Config if you have access to it.

Answer 2

You can use an SPWebConfigModification in a feature reciever to add web.config modifications to all servers in a farm.

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