Connection string hell in .NET / LINQ-SQL / ASP.NET

Question

I have a web application that comprises the following:

• A web project (with a web.config file containing a connection string - but no data access code in the web pr

Answer 1

In a perfect world, I think you would refactor you data layer to pick up configuration settings via System.Configuration or relevant constructors/factories. Meaning, you either need to rewire its implicit configuration source, or explicitly set connections from its host/consumer. Another related pattern for centralizing these types of constants is to throw an readonly property into a static helper class and have that class manage the actual resolution from configs, etc.

One place you can look that I think shows good examples of how to do this elegantly is NHibernate and its configuration/mappings management. Granted, it's a bit of xml hell, and Fluent NHib is more sugary, but most of the real world samples will show you how to reconcile configuration from a supporting assembly vs. the executing assembly.