Fetching connection string from appconfig file in c#

Question

I have the following connection string declared in my app.config file:

Answer 1

First, you must add the appSettings tag

Second, add a reference to System.Configuration to your project and insert a using System.Configuration in the source.

Then, you can use ConfigurationManager.AppSettings to access your config setting:

string result = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SqlConnectionString"];