Thanks

and my supplementary question is why ?

Nick


>connectionStrings
>
>>I'm looking at 2 web sites
>>
>>one has connection strings stored in
>>
>>

>><appSettings>    
>>    <add key="SQLConn" value="Data Source=TEST\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Validation;Connection Timeout=300;User ID=webuser;Password=password" />

>>
>>the other has
>>
>>

   <connectionStrings>
>>    <add name="SQL" connectionString="Data Source=TEST\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Validation;Connection Timeout=300;User ID=webuser;Password=password" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
>>

>>
>>Whats the best method ?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Nick