<configuration> <appSettings> <add key="connection" value="connection string here"></add> <appSettings> </configuration>Read it with:
using System.Configuration; // string connString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("connection");Web:
<connectionStrings> <add name="connection" connectionString="conn string here"/> </connectionStrings>Read it with:
System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings connSetting = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connection"];
string connString = connSetting.ConnectionString;