How do I get the connectionstring from the web.config file

[joelwenzel]

I know in the aspx source code, I can access the connection strings using "<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnString%>"

However, I want to access it from the .vb file. How do I do this? CurrentlyI am using the appsettings as a quick fix

ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("myConnectionString")

 

[joelwenzel]

Figured it out...

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("myConnectionString").ConnectionString

 

[jbenson001]

To shorten your code you can do this:

Imports System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager

Then you only need this:

<YourVariable> = ConnectionStrings("myConnectionString").ConnectionString

Jim