String array in web.config? 1

[graabein]

Hi, I have a couple dropdowns I want to configure from Web.config instead of using a database backend. I have done this by key-value pairs in appSettings of Web.config.

Is there any way to add arrays? I guess I could do a <add key="listName" value="value1, value2, value3" /> and parse the string...

BTW how do I parse a comma separated string as string[] or ArrayList?


graabein

 

[ca8msm]

I'd use the comma separated method like you have done and then use the Split command to get an array of the values.


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[graabein]

Thanks, I got it to work. Here is what I did.

string[] listValues = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["listName"].Split(',');
foreach (string listValue in listValues)
{
    dropdown.Items.Add(new ListItem(listValue));
}

Notice the Web.config setting had to lose the whitespace between values.

<add key="listName" value="value1,value2,value3" />

Looks much cleaner now!

 

[ca8msm]

Notice the Web.config setting had to lose the whitespace between values.

Another way would be to use the Trim method before adding the values to the DropDownList.


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