MS get the docs correct please please please

[Lloyd Sheen]

I am trying to extract string from web.config.

Example in MSDN has the following line:

Me.SqlConnection1.ConnectionString =
CType(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.GetValues("SqlC
onnection1.ConnectionString")

No way this will compile. ASP really does not like this.

Complains about a Value of type '1-dimensional array of String' cannot be
converted to 'String'.

Any ideas. The more I use this the more I see that MS just did what the
absolute minimum is. No QA on docs and the docs get skimmpier each new
development tool.

LLoyd Sheen

 

[Scott Allen]

System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SqlConnection1.ConnectionString"];

I'm curious where you found the example in the docs. GetValues, being
plural, implies it will return a collection of strings instead of a
single string.

HTH,

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

First my code is VB but it does not matter. The example is in MSDN. The
topic is

HOW TO: Store and Retrieve Custom Information from an Application
Configuration File by Using Visual Basic .NET

and there are other example equally useless.

Lloyd Sheen

System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SqlConnection1.Conne
ctionString"];

I'm curious where you found the example in the docs. GetValues, being
plural, implies it will return a collection of strings instead of a
single string.

HTH,

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com

I am trying to extract string from web.config.

Example in MSDN has the following line:

Me.SqlConnection1.ConnectionString =
CType(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.GetValues("Sql

C

onnection1.ConnectionString")

No way this will compile. ASP really does not like this.

Complains about a Value of type '1-dimensional array of String' cannot be
converted to 'String'.

Any ideas. The more I use this the more I see that MS just did what the
absolute minimum is. No QA on docs and the docs get skimmpier each new
development tool.

LLoyd Sheen

 

[Chris Jackson]

I took a look at MSKB 313405 (HOW TO: Store and Retrieve Custom Information
from an Application Configuration File by Using Visual Basic .NET) and it's
code sample contains sAttr = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("Key0"),
which is exactly what you would want to do. In fact, the string GetValues
does not appear in this article at all. If you can give me the KB article
number of the article that provides erroneous code, I will do what I can to
get this fixed.

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Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP - Windows Client
Windows XP Associate Expert
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First my code is VB but it does not matter. The example is in MSDN. The
topic is

HOW TO: Store and Retrieve Custom Information from an Application
Configuration File by Using Visual Basic .NET

and there are other example equally useless.

Lloyd Sheen

System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SqlConnection1.Conne
ctionString"];

I'm curious where you found the example in the docs. GetValues, being
plural, implies it will return a collection of strings instead of a
single string.

HTH,

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com

I am trying to extract string from web.config.

Example in MSDN has the following line:

Me.SqlConnection1.ConnectionString =
CType(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.GetValues("Sql

C

onnection1.ConnectionString")

No way this will compile. ASP really does not like this.

Complains about a Value of type '1-dimensional array of String' cannot
be
converted to 'String'.

Any ideas. The more I use this the more I see that MS just did what the
absolute minimum is. No QA on docs and the docs get skimmpier each new
development tool.

LLoyd Sheen