><configuration> > <appSettings> > <add key="connection" value="connection string here"></add> > <appSettings> ></configuration> >>
> using System.Configuration; > // > string connString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("connection"); >>
><connectionStrings> > <add name="connection" connectionString="conn string here"/> ></connectionStrings> >>
>System.Configuration.ConnectionStringSettings connSetting = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connection"];
>string connString = connSetting.ConnectionString;
>
Definitely a more complete answer than mine! Thanks.