>Thanks
>
>and my supplementary question is why ?

One of the main reasons would be consistency. Developers will expect connectionstrings to be kept there.

Also, Configurationmanager.Connectionstring('connectionstringname') will return a connectionstring properly.

>
>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